----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Rauschenbach" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "GNHLUG" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2002 6:20 PM Subject: Re: linux/windows security
> On Wednesday 13 February 2002 17:30, you wrote: > > In a message dated: Tue, 12 Feb 2002 22:48:57 EST > > > > "Thomas M. Albright" said: > > >> What home user needs their machine up for 100 days straight? > > > > > >I do. My home is networked. To get onto the internet everyyone goes > > >through 192.168.0.1. If that machine is turned off, there is no internet > > >avilable. > > This is so common a situation that you can now get IP MASQ appliances that do > this for you so that instead of having a dedicated Linux > firewall/router/mutliplexer Win users can have a reliable machine provide > MASQing (and I hear they use a lot less power). > I thought just about everyone did this. :) I was going to build a Linux router, until I found my SMC unit: a router/firewall/DHCP server/4-port switch that uses hardly any power, is always on so I don't have to be powered up any more to get the rest of the family on the net, and it clones my NIC address to boot, so I didn't even have to call AT&T/Mediaone to update my MAC address/hostname. All for the low low price of $69.00. Much as I would have enjoyed building a Linux router, I really couldn't justify it. Not to mention the fact that to keep secure, I just have to go get firmware updates periodically. No more staying up late worrying if my self-configured router had a hole in it somewhere. (Well I never actually did this but you get the point.) Rich Cloutier President, C*O SYSTEM SUPPORT SERVICES www.sysupport.com ***************************************************************** To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. *****************************************************************
