Hi,
Right on, NAT is a poor man's firewall. However,
there is a little confusion about a firewall vs.
wireless security.
A firewall controls access to your local network
from the outside internet. This is not the same
as wireless security. Wireless security contrls
who can plug into yourlocal network from your
wireless access point. It is like controlling
who can plug into your physical ethernet ports.
So, wireless security protects against the evil
drive-by=hacker from seeing your local resources
liek share points, printers etc, as well as
sniffing your wireless network traffic.
And the firewall controls the inbound and
outbound traffic between your little network and
the rest of the internet world.
Most people need both levels of protection.
--Scott
No, you're talking about the software supported
by the router, and you're right about that, but
in a sense there is protection with any router
as just oPposed to a modem because of NAT.
On Mar 18, 2008, at 9:34 AM, David Poehlman wrote:
true but they are often disabled.
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ll routers have a firewall built in to them.
On 17-Mar-08, at 8:21 PM, David Poehlman wrote:
but if you took it on the road, I guess the router has a firewall
behind
which the disk sits.
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Hi Cara,
out of curiosity, does your time capsule have a firewall? I'm
assuming it does, but was wondering about security with a drive sort
of sitting out there open as it were. I.E. it seems like someone
WarWalking / driving, could have a field day with your data if it
wasn't behind a FW.
TK: That they sure could. Yes, it is behind a firewall although it
can be made accessible from the outside if I so choose.
Top of the evenin' to ya m'lady.
Later...
Tim Kilburn
& Carter the Canine
Fort McMurray, AB Canada
Dennis Bartlett
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--Scott
