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Has anyone ZA updated and now looks different?

For some reason only one of my computers has been notified of the update, even when i try to update the other computers ZA says there is no update.
 
Did anyone have this problem? Since i had a big computer melt down and reinstalled ZA, ive not been given the update that changed the way ZA looks.
 
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if you have to forward a port, then it's handy to have windows firewall on too


no need for outbound filtering, unless you love installing viruses or wear a tinfoil hat
 
a router is most important though, otherwise, all ports are open and you're only relying on your firewall
 
bledd. said:
a router is most important though, otherwise, all ports are open and you're only relying on your firewall
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This.

I only use the routers hardware firewall and never got round to turning off Windows Firewall, so i just use them. Tons better than software firewalls. Haven't had a virus or malicious activity in years.
 
basically, a router is a pc

if you class a 'port' as a door
without a router, all the 'doors' lead directly to your pc, so the firewall of your pc will get all sorts of people knocking on the door, and you decide (using the firewall, who you let in)

with a router, it's a pc that isn't effected by the nasties that bang on the door all the time, and will ignore them all and only let people in that you've invited -ie, playing on a game server, or a website that you've asked for data from..

you can configure the router to leave a door (port) always open directly to your pc, where your pc firewall will deal with it -ie, forwarding a port for utorrent to get maximum speed, or for remote desktop ability etc..

in short, your linksys will be blocking all by default


so having a router, instantly blocks about 60,000 ports, if everyone had a router, things like the blaster virus would be useless
 
bledd. said:
basically, a router is a pc

if you class a 'port' as a door
without a router, all the 'doors' lead directly to your pc, so the firewall of your pc will get all sorts of people knocking on the door, and you decide (using the firewall, who you let in)

with a router, it's a pc that isn't effected by the nasties that bang on the door all the time, and will ignore them all and only let people in that you've invited -ie, playing on a game server, or a website that you've asked for data from..

you can configure the router to leave a door (port) always open directly to your pc, where your pc firewall will deal with it -ie, forwarding a port for utorrent to get maximum speed, or for remote desktop ability etc..

in short, your linksys will be blocking all by default


so having a router, instantly blocks about 60,000 ports, if everyone had a router, things like the blaster virus would be useless
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Bledd, do I need to make changes in the tomato firmware or is the firewall activated by default?
Btw my router is Buffalo WHR-HP-G54.
 
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Just make sure you have a router with NAT (Network Address Translation), and preferrably DPI (Deep Packet Inspection). I don't run a software firewall anymore.

Change your subnet mask so you're not using the factory default 0.1[/1.1] and NAT will keep you safe from most things.

Hmm, the data sheet for that Linksys doesn't mention NAT or DPI. Would be extremely surprised if it didn't do NAT though.
 
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platypus said:
Just make sure you have a router with NAT (Network Address Translation), and preferrably DPI (Deep Packet Inspection). I don't run a software firewall anymore.

Change your subnet mask so you're not using the factory default 0.1[/1.1] and NAT will keep you safe from most things.

Hmm, the data sheet for that Linksys doesn't mention NAT or DPI. Would be extremely surprised if it didn't do NAT though.
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This is probably off the topic but does DPI/SPI affect the speed of the router?
 
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