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Author: Joel Roth
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To: dng
Subject: Re: [DNG] Replacing CUPS with lprng?
Peter Duffy wrote:
> My impression so far is that the risk to "leaf nodes" of the internet
> (ones behind routers provided by ISPs, and including firewalls and
> NATting) ***should*** be minimal - as UDP port 631 should be blocked by
> default (if not, the ISP needs kicking), and no one in their right mind
> would expose it via a port-forwarding hole through the firewall. At
> least, I can't imagine a valid reason for doing so.


I was considering that many off-the-shelf routers may be running CUPS,
even with no printer connected.

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Joel Roth