Linksys Firewall/router
Bob Batson
rcb at kc.rr.com
Tue Nov 6 22:46:01 CST 2001
At 3:36 AM -0600 11/6/01, Charles K. Lee II wrote:
>I setup another computer with 2 NICs and it is running as a firewall and a
>gateway for my Win2K box. It's running Debian (testing), and has been a
>reliable solution for me.
>
>I prefer this approach, as opposed to a hardware router, because it gives me
>greater control over what goes in, what goes out and what I can do.
[snip]
But isn't just a hardware firewall (like a Linysys) the preferred
method for just a single workstation?
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Bob Batson L 39 12 14 N 94 33 16 W
rcb at kc.rr.com Kansas City
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