Re: What's the point of not allowing all outgoing traffic by default?

In article <1180473997.491556.90730@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
linuxlover992000@xxxxxxxxx says...
Thank you all for your replies. My conclusion from all of this is that
it all boils down to effort vs. benefit.

What I forgot to mention is that the main reason I was asking this is
because my NETGEAR FVS328 router/firewall is so crappy (buggy) that I
need to re-think my old strategy:

Once upon a time I used to have my firewall running in a Linux box
(old PC consuming at least 150W). I then decided that I need to
conserve energy and purchased a NETGEAR FVS328 that consumes only 12W.

What an inferior product - in order for me to stay connected to the
Internet I need to reboot it every 2 weeks or so... Certainly the last
time I would ever buy a NETGEAR product. I am saying this not before I
have exhausted all their useless tech support.

Strange, I have a 328 setup with a site-site VPN connection that has
been working, stable, without fault, for several years. Maybe you have
power issues, firmware issues, or just a bad internet connection.

The 328 also permits custom rules and can do what you ask.

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