Thu, 21 Jun 2007, by [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > Kenneth Schneider wrote: > > On Mon, 2007-06-18 at 11:00 +0100, Robert Best wrote: > >>>> It is a Speedtouch ADSL modem. Don't know about firewall > >>>> capabilities. > > > > The "firewall capabilities" used by most of these modems is called NAT > > which stands for Network Address Translation ( there are other features > > available ). What this basically does is prevent an outside connection > > to an inside PC because there is no direct access via an outside IP > > address to an internal IP address. When you request an outside > > connection, lets say a connection to a web site, the modem automagically > > provides a temporary connection for you and drops it when the request > > has ended ( the web page has been loaded ). > > Yes, exactly. I've never understood the Wild Eyed(tm) insistence on a > firewall, as I imagine there very few installations where a user's computer > is directly on the Internet these days. I always run behind a router, > and thus don't need a firewall. If you have your cable modem plugged > into a switch or router (ie, if your computer is on a 192.168 network), > you don't need a firewall. And yet I can't get Windows to stop complaining > about the fact I don't have the firewall turned on.
My router has it's default route set to my PC, so I get all sewer overflow from the wasteland, on purpose. I hate it when stupid things do not work because of over-zealous 3th party gadgets. For XP btw: Control Panel::Security Center::Change the way windows alerts me Uncheck firewall. Theo (whishing he didn't (have to) know these things) -- Theo v. Werkhoven Registered Linux user# 99872 http://counter.li.org ICBM 52 13 26N , 4 29 47E. + ICQ: 277217131 SUSE 10.2 + Jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Kernel 2.6.18 + See headers for PGP/GPG info. Claimer: any email I receive will become my property. Disclaimers do not apply. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
