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A day late and a dollar short, bud

Even consumer-level firewalls do Stateful Packet Inspection now, so they aren't "NAT only" boxes anymore. To engage in Microsoft-style selling tactics by engaging in FUD is sickening, and Paul Henry should know better.

To be fair, most computer users should at least read the manual when installing a home or SOHO-class router. Securing a router isn't that difficult, but then how many users bother to at least crack open the manual?

It all comes down to personal responsibility. A company vice president should not use FUD to sell their products and instead point out the advantages of using it either in place of or addition to other security methods such as NAT. And home users should at least study the manual to attempt to understand what it is the router is designed to do.

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Re: A day late and a dollar short, bud

said by g0nepostal See Profile:
A company vice president should not use FUD to sell their products and instead point out the advantages of using it either in place of or addition to other security methods such as NAT.
In most instances for most products, FUD is ultimately the entire sales pitch because it works better than any other sales tactic.
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