At 13:08 6-3-02 -0600, Steve Sloan wrote: > > My home network is behind a cable modem router(*) so I can > > access the Internet from various computers in the house. Is > > it possible to limit access from outside to just the webserver? > > I would not want outsiders to nose around on the other > > computers in the network. > >I suspect they already *can* nose around your computer through >your cable modem, even before you set up a web server, but I >could be wrong.
Fortunately, Zone Alarm does a wonderful job of keeping those people out. The log file shows that a firewall is an absolute must-have when you have a cable modem; people *do* try to get in, pretty much every day. Jeroen _________________________________________________________________________ Wonderful World of Brin-L Website: http://www.Brin-L.com Tom's Photo Gallery: http://tom.vanbaardwijk.com
