Re: Firewall needed behind router?

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Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2005 17:21:23 -0700

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"Peter in New Zealand" <peterbalplug@xtra.co.nz> wrote in message
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> I have three PCs on a LAN which is connected to the Internet via the
> modem/router unit. Is there any advantage in having a software firewall
(in
> this case McAfee) on these machines, or would the router be sufficient
> protection? There's no requirement for inter-PC protection - just from the
> Internet. We just recently upgraded to broadband after a decade of dialup,
> so it is all a bit new to me. The tech told me the router is configured to
> prevent DOS and hacker attacks, and I understand a little of the theory,
but
> not a lot, so I apologise if this is a silly question. Thank heaps for
> helping.
>
> --
> Peter in New Zealand. (Pull the plug out to reply.)
> Collector of old cameras, tropical fish fancier, good coffee nutter, and
> compulsive computer fiddler.
>
>

   Get another PC and use that as your network
controller, instead of your router. Next, get a program
such as Tiny Personal Firewall, and use that to protect
your PCs. Because of the way that Tiny works, you
will need to be running proxies on the gateway machines
in order your your client machines to be able to get
out. Programs such as AllegroSurf or ProxyPro
are even better then ICS. They are much more
secure, I find that when I use one of these program,
I am not receiving a lot of the scans that I would with
ICS. The way that AllegroSurf and ProxuyPro work,
using one of these two programs instead of your
hardware router will work well. In fact, AllegroSurf
is a LOT better than ANY hardware appliance out
there. Allegrosurf will ONLY allow outbound
connections to either proxies configured under
allegrosurf (or with another proxy server). This
combined with TPF can create a secure system
Also, AllegroSurf, combined with Tiny Personal
Firewall is the ONLY way that will successfully
block Kazaa.
     If you should ever find a need to block Kazaa,
using AllegroSurf, combined with Tiny Personal
Firewall is the ONLY way you can stop it. AllegroSurf
and Tiny Personal Firewall, on a gateway machine,
can stop things that hardware firewall appliances just
CANNOT DO. A few people may say otherwise,
but AllegroSurf, combined with Tiny Personal Firewall,
on a gateway machine, makes hardware appliances
obsolete. You should do this, if you are SERIOUS
about system security.

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