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dario03
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_ 		11. January 2006 @ 21:10 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
If you port forward aren't you basically bypasses all your security settings and putting your computer on the net protection free? Or am I completly wrong? I just read how to do it and the way I understood it is your defenseless.
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Inescapbl
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_ 		24. January 2006 @ 18:07 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Yes....you are defenseless but ONLY on that one port. Further, if you wish you can change what port you use on a regular basis if you have people trying to hack in all the time. :)

Further to note is that your router is one of the best firewalls there is: a hardware firewall. So although your software firewall may be down, your hardware one is up and it takes all the brunt :)
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