• greyscaleA
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    2 days ago

    The firewall is the security feature.

    Mmm whole new class of bugs and vulns being introduced in one statement.

    Now my 3d printer needs its firewall babysat. So does my smart fan. Excellent idea.

    Homes and businesses should be islands.

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        1 day ago

        facepalm

        yes, that’s my point, because the devices can’t be trusted to firewall themselves.

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          I still don’t understand your point. With a firewall on the router, there’s no difference between IPv4 and IPv6. Both are firewalled at the router. Where are the “bugs and vulns”?

          If you mean my original point of the firewall not being enabled by default, I haven’t seen that recently. It was a problem historically.

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      2 days ago

      You can have IPv6 on your router, and an isolated network. It’s just not necessarily what’s done by default.

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        2 days ago

        yaaay so the default is my 2030 smart toaster is gonna be on a botnet

        NAT is a blessing protecting the consumer from neglegent manufacturers

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          2 days ago

          Having a default firewall is also a blessing, which all good routers should do. NAT is a curse.