On Thursday 19 July 2007 10:12:48 Tony Crouch wrote: > Hi All, > My apologies for the off-topic posting but I did not know where else to > turn for this type of information. > > Over the last weekend I turned on "email notifications" for my netgear > DG834 router / modem. I was quite shocked when I realised while I am at > work and sleeping the modem is being hit with anywhere between 10 or 20 > DOS (Denial of Service) attacks per day. Which type? I mean, what did they do? > > I am thinking if this number is of a large magnitude is it time for a > dedicated hardware firewall to protect against these attacks? If the > issue is not necessarily the number from the port (or the IP address) on > which the DOS are being issued please let me know and I will pass along > one of the email notifications. Do you think it's worth to buy a hardware firewall to protect your home network...? I guess it would be much more cheaper, efficient and, for sure, more fun to set up a linux router doing NAT before your modem (or behind, setting it as a bridge) and using iptables, snort and logwatch to ban all those connections which don't let you to sleep in calm :-) This is a interesting thread, keep giving us so more information! All the best Manuel -- Manuel Arostegui Ramirez. Electronic Mail is not secure, may not be read every day, and should not be used for urgent or sensitive issues.
