Re: Linksys router as Firewall
From: IOStorm (noemail_at_noemail.net)
Date: 07/17/03
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Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2003 07:57:24 GMT
On Tue, 15 Jul 2003 02:50:23 GMT, "mhicaoidh"
<mhic_aoidh@hotNïXmailSPäM.com> wrote:
>Taking a moment's reflection, IOStorm mused:
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>| You might be confused about the definition of the term firewall.
>
> In a loose definition, I suppose you could call NAT a firewall.
>However, the firewall effect is a by-product of how a NAT router works.
>Routers are not anywhere near firewalls in terms of being able to control
>specific packets and ports. If in response to an out-bound packet, the
>router will let anything and everything through. You can play a bit with
>Port Forwarding, Triggering, and the like ... but a router alone is still
>not a firewall by any industry standard.
A firewall is a device or software between the local system and the
internet, period.
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