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Sent: Monday, November 18, 2002 8:48
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Subject: Re: Re: LAN Firewalling
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From: Chris Hellyar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date:
2002/11/16 Sat PM 09:19:41 GMT+13:00
> To:
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> Subject: Re: LAN Firewalling
>
> Hi-ho,
>
> Having said that, you might want to do it for
the education... You could also run a squid proxy on your Linux machine
for the other clients, which would speed up surfing to sites you visit often,
and cut down on your internet traffic.
Hi-ho,
If you don't want to enable any in-bound
connections through your ADSL router you should not need a
firewall.
Most (All) ADSL routers use NAT / masquerading
and as long as you don't compromise the inherent security in that by
using 'pinholes' or by statically mapping ports on the router, there is no
real need for a dedicated firewall.
Having said that, you might want to do it for the
education... You could also run a squid proxy on your Linux machine for
the other clients, which would speed up surfing to sites you visit often, and
cut down on your internet traffic.
If you decide you want to build a firewall
for the experience, or because you want to do inbound connections, it
will have to live between the router and switch with two network
cards.
Hope that helps..........
----- Original Message -----
Hello guys,
I am planning to home network
serveral Windows Computers @ my home. I'll be using a ADSL router
and a switch to share a connection.
Will I be able to use a Linux computer as a
firewall for the Windows Machines? I'm new to Linux and can someone explain
how this firewalling business works. If you have experience can you
tell be whether the firewall server would be part of the network or before
the hub/switch.
Thanks
Justin
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warm)brrrrrr..........