On Sun, 2003-02-02 at 09:17, FemmeFatale wrote: > I just recently got a router & its up & running here on the network. Works > fine with Win2k & Linux. Its a BEFSR41 from Linksys. I'm a tinfoil hat > wearing kinda gal & any security I can implement I will. :) > > In the spring at latest I'll be adding another firewall behind the router. > *Grins* Ya i'm that paranoid. Heh and besides it'll be used to serve up > mp3's as a pvt ftp too. Or something like it using Apache perhaps instead. > > Anyway, so how can I tell if this thing has stateful packet inspection? I > assume it doesn't as its a slightly lower end model. But it was on sale & > anything is better than nothing right? > ------------- > FemmeFatale
There is no such thing as secure. The router has a chip in it that's frequency can be deciphered at 1km distance; unless you encase it in lead, you're always going to be open. Firewalls are nice, but the best firewall is disconnecting from the internet or any other network for that matter. Having one firewall is good, having 10 more behind it is better - different IP routing schemes on each one to make it all the more confusing. Translate codepages on the fly in seven different languages before it gets to your browser. Encrypt your MP3's with a 4387 bit algorithm, zip them, tar them, gzip them, arc them, tar them again, and rename them back to MP3. Tin foils hats are alright, but you have to coat your entire upper body to protect completely. Five layers of tin foil works best. If you're able to contact a surgeon and actually have him implant a skull plate, that's even better. SERIOUSLY, though, ya oughta make yourself REALLY REALLY REALLY familiar with your router and it's setup. Become friends with it and learn all the in's and out's of configuring it - even with compression values as well as ports and such. Best case is to have your router->firewall->network - don't really have to get OVERLY fancy, I'm sure the Lone Gunman don't snipe pink-haired Canuks...at least last I talked to him... -- Sun, 2 Feb 2003 09:25:00 +1100 9:25am up 2 days, 12:22, 5 users, load average: 0.45, 0.29, 0.15 ------------------------------------------------------------------ | __ __ | kuhn media australia | | / ,, /| |'-. | http://kma.0catch.com | | .\__/ || | | |=================================| | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' | stephen kuhn | | | / \__.`=._) (_ | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | |/ ._/ |"""""""""| | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | |'. `\ | | | icq: 5483808 | | ;"""/ / | | | | | smk ) /_/| |.-------.| | mobile: 0410-728-389 | | ' `-`' " " | Berkeley, New South Wales, AU | ------------------------------------------------------------------ linux user:267497 * RH 8.0 * PC/Mac/Linux/Networking/Consulting ------------------------------------------------------------------ If you think things can't get worse it's probably only because you lack sufficient imagination.
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