[CentOS] Internet connection sharing?

Tue Mar 8 19:43:17 UTC 2011
m.roth at 5-cent.us <m.roth at 5-cent.us>

John R Pierce wrote:
> On 03/08/11 10:59 AM, David Brian Chait wrote:
>>
>> That may be, but the advice is still valid, windows is infinitely more
>> vulnerable than *NIX on a direct/open connection. Most corps filter
>> traffic to windows boxes through intermediaries to limit risk.
>
> Corps firewall their unix servers too.   All our public internet servers
> are in a secure DMZ isolated from both our WAN and the Internet.  How is
> that any different?
>
> Millions of users carry Windows laptops and use them at public access
> points daily.   Windows since XP SP2 has had a perfectly decent firewall
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*snort*
And how many *millions* of Windows systems are part of botnets?

          mark