Thus spoke SpyderMan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 2002-05-21 17:29:52: > >My experience shows that one can live > >happily without firewalling support > > And you consider your experience representative of many users needs, which > of course it is if the Hurd is to be used by people linking 2 laptops > together at home using PLIP. I, however, had hoped for bigger things.
...or people using a dedicated firewalling/NAT-ing box. Which is (I think) quite a common thing to do. For example, at one place where I worked in the past, we had a few 'client' boxen (around 40), sitting on the local lan, and one dedicated box NATed them out. No firewalling needed on those 40 boxen. And yes, I consider this experience representative of many users needs. Maybe we don't all link laptops with PLIP, but if you also count those who use a dedicated firewall, the number will increase quite much. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]