just for info, these home appliances are typically runiing a version of *nix, typially BSD Lou lovswr1 wrote: > I agree with Chris. I have two Linksi(is that correct?) gateways, but I > chose to make my redhat 8 box the router & I just use them as switches. > You will be far better of (not to mention all the control that you will > gain,,e.g Samba, SSH, vnc etc) to have a running real router via *nix > than one of those home appliances. > > > > On Mon, 2002-11-11 at 14:15, Chris Kloiber wrote: > >>On Mon, 2002-11-11 at 13:13, Ed Wilts wrote: >> >>>On Mon, Nov 11, 2002 at 09:53:02AM -0800, jdow wrote: >>> >>>>Tony, the best approach, from my experience, is to find a spare machine, >>>>say an old 75 MHz Pentium, and set it up with a pair of NICs as your >>>>firewall and network gateway using NAT. That will hide all your other >>>>serious machines behind some level of protection. This will allow for >>>>gadgets such as network printers and such. >>> >>>In my experience, that's the wrong answer. You're far better off, >>>long-term, to purchase one of those low-end home-oriented firewall boxes >>>like a Linksys cable/dsl router. You'll have one less system to manage >>>and it's a lot smaller with a lot less power, heat, and noise issues. >> >>I have both a linksys router and a linux (alpha) gateway/firewall >>available to me at home. I prefer the linux gateway/firewall because it >>makes me think about how to set up and secure my services in an >>environment where I won't be fired for screwing up. >> >>If you do go the linksys router route, make sure your firmware is up to >>date, earlier firmware is susceptible to a simple DOS attack. See: >>http://www.idg.net/english/crd_router_961704.html >> >>-- >>********************************************************************** >>Chris Kloiber, RHCE Red Hat,Inc. >>Hardware Certification aka 1801 Varsity Dr. >>Enterprise Support "WireHead" Raleigh, NC 27606 >>********************************************************************** >> >> >> >>-- >>Psyche-list mailing list >>Psyche-list@redhat.com >>https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list > > > > >
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