Re: Is there such thing as a multiple external IP to Lan IP firewall/router???

From: Archie Campbell (archie@accordsystems.com)
Date: 09/17/02 

From: "Archie Campbell" <archie@accordsystems.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2002 10:36:30 -0600

re: "Just setting up 1-to-1 NAT doesn't do much unless you create a rule
that
    specifically allows certain types of traffic to access the server."
Yes, makes sense to me.
So is my impression of Sonicwall correct - that it is bad because they dont
seem to ask for a port, just the internal and external addresses, that what
they do is not a good thing?
Or, am I missing something?
Thanks
Archie

"Lars M. Hansen" <badnews@hansenonline.net> wrote in message
news:d70eouscri8uitboubk3f8cn7jvkmttq84@4ax.com...
> On Tue, 17 Sep 2002 00:30:20 -0600, Archie Campbell spoketh
>
> >Lar
> >Pardon me for butting it.
> >I had the same question as Mark. I have NT Terminal Servers on an
internal
> >network that I wish to access by using an external address having all
> >traffic on that address for the Terminal server port go to the internal
> >machine.
> >
> >I checked the Sonicwall sight and looked at the demo of their software.
> >Under "Advanced" - "One-to-One NAT" you can enable it and add the public
and
> >private IP addresses.
> >My problem is that they dont seem to ask for a port, so all traffic would
> >flow through to the machine.
> >I dont want that, I just want traffic using the TerminalServer port to
pass
> >through.
> >
> >Did I get the wrong impression from the website.
> >
> >Thanks
> >Archie Campbell
> >
>
> No traffic flows through a real firewall without a rule to allow it.
>
> Just setting up 1-to-1 NAT doesn't do much unless you create a rule that
> specifically allows certain types of traffic to access the server.
>
> Lars M. Hansen
> http://www.hansenonline.net
> (replace 'badnews' with 'lars' in e-mail address)

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