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Microsoft emits free remote-desktop security patches for WinXP to Server 2008 to avoid another WannaCry

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Re: XP What? Where?

I believe the TeamViewer host maintains an outgoing connection to the TeamViewer servers to facilitate connections from behind a NAT router. So, unless there are additional considerations, you should be able to use a strict firewall that denies all connections coming from the internet and just allow connections initiated by the XP machine.

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