----- Original Message ----- From: "J. van Baardwijk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Brin-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2002 2:45 PM Subject: Re: GeoCities Strikes Again
> 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. > I'm using Zone Alarm too. My router is designed to work with Zone Alarm and Trend PCcillin. Works pretty well too. Intrusions have dropped off to almost nothing. (They still try though) When I first got my cable modem there were port probes every 5 or 10 minutes, then I was using Blackice Defender. I like Blackice's interface better but Zone Alarm seem to work better. xponent Take That Hackers Maru rob
