Subj : Port Blocking
To   : Stewart Buckingham
From : Bob Jones
Date : Sat Apr 06 2002 12:01 pm

> NB: A Standalone Firewall is MUCH preferred over 
 SB> running a Firewall on the
> end-user machine. Because an End-User machine is 
> alwaysbeingtinkered with by
> the user, and End-User machine based Firewall is just 
 SB> waiting for the user to
> do something that breaks the Firewall without the 
> user being aware of it. A
> standalone Firewall is far less vulnerable to user error.

 SB> Unlikely I'll spring for a standalone firewall... 
 SB> presume you mean another network pc or a router here? 
 SB> Besides I like tinkering :)

I've picked up one of the stand-alone firewall / routers / hub boxes.  Makes it 
real easy to setup....  You can do similar stuff with old PC hardware (say 386 
or 486 based or newer) and some Linux based configurations (LRP for example).

Take care.....

Bob Jones, 1:343/41


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