Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (3901 mails)

[Hans Witvliet <hwit@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 2005-01-06 at 20:11, Joaquin Menchaca wrote:
> Örn Einar Hansen wrote:

> For my network, due to my Linksys problems with Wi-Fi security, I avoid 
> opening up any computer, as unknown neighbors can have fun.   So, all of 
> my computers (about a half-score of them) are firewalled, in addition to 
> the main firewall.  I'm now setting up a permiter network and a private 

Excuse me,

But if you set up a general firewall between your network and the bad
bad world outside (which is good common practice), why setting up a
firelwall on other (local) nodes?

Either you trust your main firewall, ot you should do something about
it....
Behind your firewall: don't you trust the users  behind it?
Wifi should be MAC-selected.(configured in your wifi-modem)
(or it should be outside your trusted area)

What's the point in having each and individual node having its own
firewall????

If you find a number of untrust-worthy ip-addresses, your local
dns/ip-table  should deal with it. Not??

Hans.