On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 3:23 PM, Craig Falconer <cfalco...@totalteam.co.nz>wrote:
> David Lowe wrote, On 01/10/09 14:43: > >> On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 9:49 AM, Kerry Mayes <ke...@mayes.co.nz <mailto: >> ke...@mayes.co.nz>> wrote: >> Whereas IPCop by default has minimal security: nothing in, anything >> out. >> Perfect for parents' network? >> >> >> FWIW, from my standpoint as a non-technical enthusiastic amateur, I can >> say that I set up an Ipcop box on an old PC over a year ago, pretty much >> default settings everywhere, and its been running ever since with no >> interference from me. I cant even remember the last time I rebooted. In >> fact, it was so easy i wondered if I had done it right, but everything on my >> home network is fine. >> > > Yeah - no egress filtering... so anyone on your network can be going out > without question. Might be okay for a home network... maybe. > > You can't assume there's nothing dodgy on your LAN. > > > -- > Craig Falconer > > Yes I know - I work on the basis that if nothing bad can get in, there is nothing bad to get out. I keep an eye on traffic which I figure will alert me if anything bad starts happening. Mostly Ubuntu machines on the network, but my student daughter's PC worries me. - D
