Carlos E. R. wrote:
I don't wish to go offtopic. I'm only saying that gadgets inside the house need to communicate with outside to work, and that your chosen firewalling solution must attend to those modern needs.
Anything on the inside communicating with the outside is usually not a problem, as long as the inside initiates the connection. (tcp). With udp, you some times need a different solution.
I don't think that using different networks at home is the appropriate way, limiting functionality.
Hmm, I would say it is both easy and appropriate - with DHCP it is easy to dish out the appropriate addresses and the firewall is easily set up to provide different privileges depending on the subnet. For instance, any unknown (undefined) device on my network is given addresses in a separate range, and given very limited access. This is for friends visiting with mobile devices. Similar with our VoIP devices. -- Per Jessen, Zürich (0.3°C) http://www.cloudsuisse.com/ - your owncloud, hosted in Switzerland. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org