>> So does IPFW in Unix work at a lower level? As a card carrying Unix Bigot yes, it does. The IP filter sits in the kernel between the network interface and the userland output of the network, and it drops packets on the floor if they're bad. Userland never knows they were there.
As I posted before, DoorStop Personal seems to do the same thing, it gets very personal with Open Transport. If someone wanted to run 7.5 on an SE/30 with an ethernet card and an SC/EN, with DoorStop and IPNetRouter, it may or not work as a real filtering router, depending upon whether DoorStop or IPNetRouter was closer to the actual network input on the OT food chain. It may or not do the actual filtering you wanted it to do. A more important question is Do you need a firewall? -Tyler -- Compact Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... SPECIAL LIST PRICES - Replacement Apple CDROMs from $19.99, MacOS 8.5 CD $79.99 PPC 5400/200Mhz 16/1.6GB/CD/ENET/L2 $119, 5+ for $99 <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Compact Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml> The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/compact.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
