> -----Original Message----- > From: Sam Varghese [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of > Sam Varghese > Sent: Friday, August 03, 2001 11:58 AM > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: Internet Connection Sharing [was: Re: Ethernet] > > > On Thu, Aug 02, 2001 at 09:54:37PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > How can I set up my Win98 machine to share its internet > connection to my > > networked Linux machines? > > Pardon me for asking but wouldn't it better and > more reliable to connect with a Debian box and share > the connection using ip masquerading? > > Sam > -- > (Sam Varghese) > http://www.gnubies.com
It is not only better as far as reliability of connection, but it is more secure... particularly if you have sharing bound to TCP/IP on your windows box. With Debian you have much greater control of input/output/forwarding access than you do with windows (does windows actualy have any real security ?) When you masquerade onto the internet, they cannot initiate a connections to your win95 machine from the internet making it more secure. Ian
