On Wednesday, October 30, 2002, at 03:04 PM, Jane25345 at aol.com wrote: > What kind of firewall do we need for a home network of Macs and PCs?
I think the easiest thing to do is stick a firewall between your DSL modem and your hub. That way you don't have to worry too much about the home network because it's automatically protected. I use a NetGear router for this. It allows me to limit the services accessible from the outside and also maps external ports to particular internal machines. Similar boxes are available for $50-100 from our favorite toy stores. --- Lee Larson, Mathematics Department, University of Louisville Phone: 502.852.6826 FAX: 502.852.7132 The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will be November 26 For more information, see <http://www.aye.net/~lcs>. A calendar of activities is at <http://www.calsnet.net/macusers>.
