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[–] [email protected] 44 points 1 year ago (2 children)

your router is not running windows XP with the firewall turned off

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

In fact, it is the firewall that separates your network from the internet, it's the first line of defense that would normally provide some protection for an exploitable machine

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I know that. Re-read the post I replied to.