• irelephant [he/him]🍭OPM
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    714 days ago

    I doubt the people they’re referring to are running windows xp.

    Also, iirc the windows xp thing only works without a router.

    • @shalafi
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      614 days ago

      Back in the XP days, PCs were often jacked directly into the internet. Remember having to add a 3rd party firewall like Zone Alarm? :)

      I was installing cable internet at the time, my customers out there straight raw dogging the internet.

      • irelephant [he/him]🍭OPM
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        114 days ago

        Yeah, thats what I’m on about. I’m going to be honest, the windows firewall popups nowadays only serve to annoy me when I’m running a game, or testing a web app.

      • @[email protected]
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        114 days ago

        They weren’t behind NAT?

        Because if so, this will almost certainly force connections from the internet to the example computer to be initiated by the computer. As they would still be behind the router.

        • @shalafi
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          111 days ago

          LOL, no one had routers back then. Straight jacked in.