>>A statement like that just begs the question: If so, how did the Russian Hackers manage to get in, browse at casually for several weeks, and then run off with the family jewels?
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>That's an easy one: they didn't go through the firewall directly. That's one of the reason's I run a firewall on my home box. ;-)

Are you saying the Microsoft exposed part of their intranet to the Internet without a firewall?