I believe some wireless routers have the ability to do port based firewalling. ----- Original Message ----- From: "JD Runyan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Main Discussion List for KPLUG" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Fwd: [Politech] Use non-password-protected WiFi node, go to prison? [econ]] Date: Wed, 06 Jul 2005 14:11:42 -0500
> > Subject: Re: [Fwd: [Politech] Use non-password-protected > WiFi node, go to prison? [econ]] To: Main Discussion > List for KPLUG <[email protected]> Cc: Bcc: > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=# Don't remove this line > #=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Todd Walton wrote: > > On 7/6/05, Neil Schneider <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >>Police say Benjamin Smith III, 41, used his Acer brand > >>laptop to hack into Dinon's wireless Internet network. > > > > > > I wish there were an easy way to allow unfettered public > > access to my broadband connection, but without allowing > > any public access to my computer. Easy as in, "I know > > that someone designed the system with this specifically in > > mind, and I just have to click click and it's all good." > > I'd settle for "I just have to follow a HOWTO to install > > it, and I can be sure that the system is safe and does > > what it's supposed to do." I don't use wireless, alas, > > and I don't know how this stuff generally works. > > > > -todd > > > > > > That is simple, You need to have two access points, and > firewalls. You would then have this chain of devices. Each > firewall of course could support Wired network access as > well. You could do this with off the shelf Broadband > wireless routers. I suggest that you choose two seperate > Private address ranges. You could also do this with a single > Linux box with 3 NICs (Internet, Public, Private) Use Linux > routing to control the rest. Then you would need just normal > access points attached to the switch/crossover cable on the > appropriate NIC. You would have to learn a little about > Linux routing and firewalls. > > USING OTF ROUTER/AP > ===================================================== > |---- Public AP > BROADBAND ----- DMZ FW ----| > |---- LAN FW ---- Private AP > > USING Linux > ===================================================== > |---- Public AP > BROADBAND ---- Linux Router ----| > |---- Private AP > > Some sites to check out: > http://lartc.org/ > http://www.homenethelp.com/web/howto/linux-share-internet.asp > http://www.netfilter.org/ > http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Firewall-HOWTO.html > > -- "Nobody goes there anymore; it's too crowded." > --Yogi Bera > > > -- [email protected] > http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list -- ___________________________________________________________ Sign-up for Ads Free at Mail.com http://promo.mail.com/adsfreejump.htm -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
