On Wed, 12 Jan 2005 06:51, Anne Wilson wrote: > On Tuesday 11 Jan 2005 19:29, John Bowden wrote: > > A bit off topic I know, but I run an old desktop box with a Linux > > firewall installed, that sits between my broad band modem (not adsl) and > > a 8 port switch > > It should also be said that many routers come with a hardware firewall. > They're not as configurable, usually, as a full linux firewall, but still > worth having. > > Anne
Especially as many routers are in fact running Linux, or some other FOSS OS :-) John. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Forget that new hard drive, save some lives instead, donate to the Red Cross: USA: https://www.redcross.org/donate/donation-form.asp UK: https://www.donate.bt.com/bt_form_dec.htm Oz: https://www.redcross.org.au/Donations/onlineTsunamiDonations.asp NZ: https://www.banqonit.com/proxypage.aspx?boiid=205
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