On Wed, Apr 19, 2000 at 10:08:48AM -0600, Daniel Woods wrote:
->
-> > Charles Curley wrote:
-> > > On Mon, Apr 17, 2000 at 10:37:04AM -0600, Daniel Woods wrote:
-> > > ->
-> > > -> > Assuming your ISP is providing you with only a single IP address, you want
-> > > -> > something along these lines:
-> > > -> >
-> > > -> > +--------+
-> > > -> > | Comp B |---\ +---+
-> > > -> > +--------+ \---| H | +--------+ +-------+
-> > > -> > | u |------| Comp A |-----| Modem |
-> > > -> > +--------+ /---| b | +--------+ +-------+
-> > > -> > | Comp C |---/ +---+
-> > > -> > +--------+
-> >
-> > Why purchase another machine at all? Install a second network interface
-> > card into Comp B and connect it in the diagram as Comp A. It'll cost ya
-> > about $10-20 for a nic.
->
-> I do have a second NIC, but this still leaves Comp A vulnerable to attack
-> if it's connected to the cable modem. Comp B is my development machine
-> and placing it as Comp A might be risky. Is this a valid assumption ?
Yep. Development or any other proprietary data should NEVER be on the
firewall.
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