and with a NAT router/modem they do get that protection to a large degree. Nothing gets in without a pinhole set by the user (same as ipcop) or a flaw in the router (possible, also possible with ipcop).
you don't get to control what goes out (same on ipcop, although a rewrite of the iptables stuff would control that), and you don't get much logging. nevertheless most people are quite safe from outside connections behind a NAT router/modem. On Wed, 24 Sep 2003 14:53:33 +1200 Christopher Sawtell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 24 Sep 2003 14:03, you wrote: > > They don't want yet another computer > > just to get a connection. > Indeed! > But they _do_ want another computer to protect them from all the evil-doers out > there. > You should see my log files with all the cracking attempts. > > -- > Sincerely etc., > Christopher Sawtell > -- Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
