-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 05/24/08 17:49, Richard Hector wrote: > 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.
Use a pico-firewall!!! http://www.yoggie.com/pico-personal Even though it's a little Linux computer, I'm not sure what would happen if you tried it with a Linux laptop. - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA ESPN makes baseball players better. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFIObvsS9HxQb37XmcRApMjAJwLty22+3J+UVlkI0mo8quCZtgFtwCgoDr8 OaUSI+DpP97NLo/sO2bceJ4= =477i -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
