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>>mouse_+(OP)
Back in the days of blaster, if you were connected to a network with infected machines or had a public IP address because you were connected straight into your cable modem, you would get infected in the windows installer before it finished installing. Nowadays, everything is behind NAT and there aren't any infected Windows XP machines left on your local network, so that's not a problem anymore.

>>jmgao+rb4
For some reason whenever somebody suggests that NAT might have security benefits, there is usually some hysterical screeching about how that isn't true. Often seen in IPv6 discussions.

>>lupusr+cd4
Isn't NAT slipstreaming a "real" vector?

https://samy.pl/slipstream/

>>63stac+nj4
NAT slipstreaming only works if your router allows protocols like SIP, FTP, WebRTC, and other such protocols that NAT breaks, luckily.

Unfortunately, I'm pretty sure that's all routers I've ever seen. You can protect yourself if you're willing to break web applications and applications built on web technology. Just disable all of the SIP ALGs in your router and you'll have the security of IPv6 on IPv4!