Kato perhaps I'm being my usual self.....
I dunno if we are getting terminology mix-ed up ! Take a look at some of the 'personal firewalls' like kerio ... more than feasable ...
Re: Kato perhaps I'm being my usual self.....
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Originally posted by confus-ed
I dunno if we are getting terminology mix-ed up ! Take a look at some of the 'personal firewalls' like kerio ... more than feasable ...
no we're just on opposite ends of the spectrum . . . . hardware vs software that's all. . . . . I haven't played around with any of the software based stuff like kerio norton or zone alarm . . . I usually put up a smoothwall box or another linux distro on a dedicated machine. . . .
you can code all kind of extra stuff into a software "firewall" but if you have a true hardware firewall / router then you'll be able to telnet into it or access it via web browser, and open and close ports. . . and that's about it.
the smoothwall distro - which is great - was built to be an inexpensive alternitive to cisco routers / firewalls, and you can open, close and map ports, but NOT restrict certain sites, or authenticate users etc. . . when you get into that arena you're dealing with a proxy . . . . probably transparent but a proxy none the less.