Re: Linksys WRT54G and Firewall software

Leythos wrote:
On Mon, 26 Mar 2007 11:51:45 +0900, Gerald Vogt wrote:
I also know that NAT as concept is bound to have troubles at times

Um, you shoot yourself in the foot - if a simple NAT router, with a
limited amount of code, has "troubles" then a complex amount of code like
the Windows XP SP2 firewall would be subject to "troubles" too.

He? The NAT router runs a packet filter, NAT, and much more in a package. The XP SP2 is only a packet filter. No NAT. No flaky "access restrictions". No port forwarding.

Gerald
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