--- Jeff Newmiller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, 11 Feb 2003, Danny Carter wrote: > > Since security is a major concern when attached to the Internet, why not > > make use of the three-interface firewall solution within > > Bearing/Shorewall and place the wireless access point on that third > > interface of the firewall within the DMZ? > > A DMZ is not an appropriate place for a workstation in most cases. > Machines on a DMZ should be regarded as potential sacrificial lambs, and > kept isolated from the rest of your local network. This is not normally > acceptable for workstation use.
pn] Exactly. My notebook PC is currently on my internal private network, and it needs to remain there to be useful. Putting it on a DMZ isolates it from the network resources I need, and adding port-forwarding rules to restore them defeats the purpose of using the DMZ. pn] My personal conclusion is that wireless connections are not yet secure enough for my comfort. ===== ----- Peter Nosko ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) This is a good place for a tagline. __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Shopping - Send Flowers for Valentine's Day http://shopping.yahoo.com ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.NET email is sponsored by: SourceForge Enterprise Edition + IBM + LinuxWorld = Something 2 See! http://www.vasoftware.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------ leaf-user mailing list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user SR FAQ: http://leaf-project.org/pub/doc/docmanager/docid_1891.html
