On Feb 6, 2008 9:13 AM, Duncan Hutty <<a href="mailto:dhutty+wplug@ece.cmu.edu">dhutty+wplug@ece.cmu.edu</a>> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
You know that it's perfectly possible to run nice safe linux boxen as routers for this situation. You should also be aware that there are plenty of large organisations including local .edu installations that have linux machines on publicly routable addresses without firewalls or NAT without getting compromised all the time.<br>
</blockquote></div><br>I thought using an old Linux box as a router was common [nerd] practice.<br><br>-- <br>Mackenzie Morgan<br>Linux User #432169<br>ACM Member #3445683<br><a href="http://ubuntulinuxtipstricks.blogspot.com">http://ubuntulinuxtipstricks.blogspot.com</a> <-my blog of Ubuntu stuff<br>
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