am I missing something?
Even so, the router needs to know which computer to forward the hacker's connection to, which it can't without a forwarded port. My understanding is that HTTP, etc. gets through because the connection is triggered from the inside. Is this not correct?
Quote from: IHateHackers on September 30, 2011, 07:03:05 AMEven so, the router needs to know which computer to forward the hacker's connection to, which it can't without a forwarded port. My understanding is that HTTP, etc. gets through because the connection is triggered from the inside. Is this not correct?Yes that's correct but in order for that to work the requesting computer (yours) must reveal it's IP to the server (website) so that the server can send the requested data. That data is tagged with where it's headed and the router knows it's in response to a request. What the router never truly knows, it how much of the data is what the requesting computer asked for the server/sender/website could include additional data/files/code and the router would think it was asked and thus let it through. That's how "drive-by" hacking/malware/etc happens while users browse the Internet.This is just one of the reasons (there are quite a few more) why good Anti-virus + Internet protection software is a MUST in addition to a good firewall. There is no such thing as a truly secure method, and no such thing as a "immune" OS (despite what some may say). There is only degrees vulnerability.
Yeah, if there is evidence that he was hacking or doing anything along those lines, the police would have no diplomacy with him.