[H-GEN] fowarding port 80

[Jason Henry Parker]

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Nikolai Lusan <nikolai at humbug.org.au> writes:

> I this
> case I am willing to bet it puts a linux box between the world and a
> machine that is actually running IIS, this way none of those nasty
> remote access exploits that let people "own" ms machine become moot
> points.

Please explain how having a Linux box between the Internet and an IIS
installation makes the IIS install any more resistant to attack.
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