At 06:31 PM 5/29/2007, Rick Stevens wrote:
<RS>>>>>Yes, you can use a Linux machine (Fedora, Ubuntu, whatever) as a
gateway/firewall. You say that everything's plugged into your DSL
modem. If that's the case, then it's really a DSL modem/router and it
should have a reasonable firewall on it already.<<<<<
I have often wondered about this...
If you have a DSL router, then almost certainly that router is routing a
public IP address to a private IP address block, probably in the
192.168.x.x range.
Since those private IP addresses aren't visible or accessible to the
outside world (assuming you don't have a DMZ set up that makes one of your
private IP addresses visible via the public IP address), then why would a
normal home or small business user need a firewall at all?
