Linksys Firewall/router

[Charles K. Lee II]

> But isn't just a hardware firewall (like a Linysys) the preferred 
> method  for just a single workstation?

Preference is relative.  Using a hardware firewall is definitely the
simplest was to provide protection to a single (or a group of)
workstation(s).

A properly configured software firewall (whether it be ipchains/iptables or
Zone Alarm or Black Ice) can be just as effective.  Most of the time, the
software firewalls (especially so with Linux) provide greater flexibility
with what you can do when it comes to filtering traffic, logging
connections, etc.

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