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Boot up security risk question
My question is: Are there any security risk involved with booting up the OS on a wired to router wired to DSL modem setup with the router and modem live? The only conceivable risk would be an attacker slipping under the software firewall (PC) and or the hardware firewall on the router, this seems really unlikely but the question is bugging me.
I know this will strike many as a really dumb question, as my searching found more folks wanted to get there computers to actively connect during boot than worried in any way they were at any risk.
I have been trying to find a somewhat technical answer other than everybody does it so it must be ok, in other words is the software set up for this type of activity.
I can see from my security software logs, the PC is logging events on the LAN even before I get my log-on password in.
I am an extremely curious type, I am somewhat new to the networking aspects of the router, I have had it only a few months since getting my wife a lap-top that she uses wireless. This forum has been a great help in getting the router set up securely (found a lot here through searching) Booting up a wireless computer would be routine where the router/access point is live, are there any differences when it’s wired. Prior to getting the router I would turn on the DSL modem after boot up and off before shutdown.
My setup is as follows:
Hardware-Desktop running windows 7 pro x64 on board LAN Realtek PCIe GBE family controller, D-link DIR-655 router, ADSL modem from ISP all wired
Related Software: Norton Internet security 2010 (I let the firewall automatically create its rules)
Thanks so much for a great forum and any mind easing help -- Bill