Re: Linksys firewall question

From: Duane Arnold (notme_at_notme.com)
Date: 10/12/04 

Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2004 17:55:07 GMT

Skorpion <skorpion@newsgroups.cetro.nil> wrote in news:10mo4eso5h5c475
@corp.supernews.com:

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> Duane Arnold regaled us with the following:
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>> "Vanessa" <vrstern@earthlink.net> wrote in
>> news:7rSad.3091$UR6.1154@trndny07:
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>>> I have a Linksys wired router on our home network. My son's computer
>>> is running WinXP SP1 with the built-in firewall disabled. I know the
>>> router has a firewall built into it. I am planning to open a port so
>>> that my son can play one of his games over the internet with his
>>> friends. What I don't know is how that may affect us security-wise.
>>> Should I close the port between games? Should I put a software
>>> firewall on his computer? If so, how should I set it up for his
>>> gaming?
>>>
>>> Vanessa
>
>> The Linksys router doesn't have a FW but is good enough in the home
>> protection. That's until you start doing high risk things like port
>> forwarding ports. This is being explained about the NAT router for
home
>> usage and *NO* firewall.
>>
>> http://www.homenethelp.com/web/explain/about-NAT.asp
>>
>> Duane :)
>
> I'm curious...
>
> As the OP has not mentioned what Linksys router is being used, how do
you
> know that router has no firewall??
>

If the Linksys router can meet the specs in the link *about what does a
FW do*, then it is a FW appliance. And that is it must meet all of the
specs not just some of them. You'll have to get an appliance that's more
than a Linksys I own and still use as a switch as opposed to the
WatchGuard I now own.

http://www.firewall-software.com/firewall_faqs/what_does_firewall_do.html

Duane :)

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