>> Are you suggesting that this nuclear warhead is actually turned on by
>> default?
>
> You mean, the ability for programs on two cooperating machines to bypass
> both their firewalls and NATs? Yes.

So Microsoft has secretly implemented an undocumented system to allow 
any unauthenticated Internet node to bypass all security restrictions 
and access any port on a Windows PC? And they've turned this on by 
default in every Windows installation in the land?

...now I'm scared. o_O

(Although I still don't quite get how it can bypass a firewall that 
doesn't allow inbound traffic. Still, Wikipedia says it does, so it must 
be true.)

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