On Wednesday 04 August 2010, Togan Muftuoglu wrote:
On 08/04/2010 09:04 PM, Carlos E. R. wrote:
But the "external" network is also the internal one in many cases, such as mine. There is an ADSL router that connects to Internet.
So is that your external firewall ?
Behind there is an internal network, which some prefer to consider as external in the firewall config for extra protection. But it is this one which has to be opened to connect to other machines in the local network.
So if someone passes through your ADSL router and through the cups port breaks in to your local system you are OK ?
I would use different of networks so internal and external are really separate
Are you *seriously* suggesting a family with two computers and a printer go to those lengths? I take it you will personally advise them all on the necessary setup ... Dx -- “ ‘... but there is so much else behind what I say. It makes itself known to me so slowly, so incompletely! ...’ ” -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org