Re: Routers and firewalls

["Chris Bond" <chris@xxxxxxx>]

Depends how you setup your router.  For example, NAT mode would offer you a
lot of security - but there is ways to hack even that.

If for example, you just ignored nat and used bridging mode your network
would be complety wide open.

Kind Regards,
Chris Bond
----- Original Message -----
From: "Matthew Norman" <mafiu@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2003 11:04 AM
Subject: [ukha_d] Routers and firewalls


> Just continuing this theme of adsl and what is a router....
>
> If you have an asdl router, and a private subnet ie 192.168.x.x,
doesnt
the
> fact that you cant get to the private subnet from the internet act as
a
> rudimentary firewall?  Surely a pc on the private subnet (in the
absence
of
> port redirection) is safer than a pc with an asdl modem attached
directly?
> Do I understand that right?
>
> Matthew
>
>
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