On Sat, 2008-05-24 at 11:47 -0700, Paul Johnson wrote: > I see no advantage to host-based firewalls that couldn't be better served by > a > router doing filtering at the edge of the network. There's no reason to > expose machines directly to the internet.
It's perhaps a little excessive to carry a router with you for connecting your laptop to public WiFi, or via a cellphone, for instance. And many people wouldn't want to bother with a router when they only have a single desktop computer at home. Richard -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
