Re: Generic Host Process for Win32 Services.

"David H. Lipman" <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> wrote in news:t2I_e.7542
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> From: "Duane Arnold" <notme@xxxxxxxxx>
>
>
>| You opened port(s) to the public Internet for UPnP, which means any
kind
>| of traffic can come down the port(s) as the router is no longer
>| protecting on the port(s). You should leave a PFW solution or some
other
>| packet filter running at the machine level to protect the machine.
>|
>| Duane :)
>
> uPnP is seen on the LAN side of the Router, not the WAN side.
> Therefore it is not "...opened...to the public Internet..."
>

I didn't know that. I thought UPnP was kind of like port forwarding?

Duane :)
.

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