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On Friday 25 January 2008, Chris Smith wrote: > Grant Sewell wrote: > > I've said for many years now that UPnP is an abomination of > > networking. Pretty much any application running on a host PC can > > request that the router opens up and forwards incoming traffic > > arbitrarily. What's the point in having a firewall if you go and > > invent and widely implement a technology that circumvents it without > > the need for authorisation?! > > Yup, stupid really. The SOHO routers are just doing what they are being > told by this inherently insecure protocol. > > Anybody got any ideas if it will allow you to forward privileged ports? > I expect that it probably depends on vendor implementation. My nice shiny new Buffalo router has UPnP switched off by default. There's sensible now Boyo. -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html