[wplug] firewalls?

Zachary Uram netrek at gmail.com
Tue Jan 25 17:56:11 EST 2005


On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 16:19:11 -0500, Chris Romano <romano.chris at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> How do they work ... Well, it depends on the firewall.  They can block
> by IP, Port, Application or a combination of the three.  I use a
> netgear firewall/router.  It has a built in 4-port switch.  Here it
> is: http://tinyurl.com/6q3ek
> 
> Linksys, SMC, D-Link, etc.  They all have one and they all pretty much
> work well.  One might have a little different feature set.
> 
> You can use one of these for you LAN then have iptables (software fw)
> running locally on your laptop.

Hi Chris,

So since you have this hardware firewall/router you don't need to run
a software firewall locally? How do I setup a DMZ?

Zach


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