On Mon, 2003-06-23 at 09:41, Carroll Grigsby wrote: > On Monday 23 June 2003 02:14 am, James Sparenberg wrote: > > On Sun, 2003-06-22 at 21:58, Michael Noble wrote: > > > Please ignore my last post about redoing the map. > > > > > > If you want a full firewall then you will probably want to have > > > a Linux/Mandrake machine in place of the Linksys. The firewall/ > > > Linux box must do NAT. If you are just dealing with a standard > > > home network then the Linksys is most likely just fine. I am > > > using one at my home with 5 machines behind it. > > > > > > Mike > > > > I'll confirm the above I've got a site with 9 - 15 boxes behind a > > linksys firewall/router/wireless box without a hiccup. (the number > > changes with laptops.) .... The point here is ... don't swat flies with > > sledgehammers. I know a guy that has a cisco router and another cisco > > firewall (bought used but he still spent close to a G) Oh yeah... he has > > 1 box and a laptop. go figure. > > > > James > > James: > Yeah, but look at the expansion opportunities. :^) What kind of security > measures do you use on the individual boxes? > -- cmg
Why would a guy who's owned 2 comps for the last 10 years worry about expansion. As for security. The firewall is basiclly setup to block ... period. on the individual boxes it's pretty much normal stuff nothing fancy. Avoiding the obvious holes in them. On the firewall an nmap scan shows that the only "hole" is ssh. James > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
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