Re: Hardware firewall needed?

From: Philip Herlihy (foof8501_at_herlihy.eu.veil.com)
Date: 11/30/04


Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2004 08:49:53 -0000


"Philip Herlihy" <foof8501@herlihy.eu.veil.com> wrote in message
news:eBP4cml1EHA.412@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
> I'd like to know more about this - I have a wireless ADSL "router"
> installed which I'd recently figured out was really a NAT device, but I'm
> still pretty foggy about what risks remain. I'm running ZoneAlarm Pro on
> my main machine (ZA free on the others). They all have addresses in the
> (non-routable) range 192.168.1.... and I've put that subnet into the
> "trusted zone", but I don't always sleep easily...
>

...

Thanks, Philip & Will for these thoughtful explanations.

Am I right in thinking that two computers, each on the "inside" of a NAT
gateway, aren't going to be able to set up a VNC connection without
bypassing one or other gateway?

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