Re: Cost of cheap but decent hardware firewall

From: John (John_at_somewhere.com)
Date: 03/10/04 

Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2004 15:02:56 GMT

In article <94A86375B61A031E75@127.0.0.1>, pmakley@mail.com says...
: I have had a few problems configuring a software personal firewall
: that I think it may be useful to get a hardware firewall to block
: indound traffic. Then I would use the software PF only to block
: outbound.
:
: But what sort of device should I consider getting? I don't want an
: expensive hardware firewall. But I don't want to get something so
: cheap that it is too basic and too few features.
:
: Any recommendations?
:
You can buy a Linksys Cable/ADSL router that has Network Address
Translation and SPI (Stateful Packet Inspection) - the features you
want - for $50 bucks or so.

It doesn't disclose your IP address publicly (NAT) plus it blocks all
incoming packets that are not responding to a connection you made
from your machine (SPI).

Easy to set up and no software overhead.

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