You need to roll your own firewall if you want to set up a web page--the cisco firewall (as far as I can see) does not allow you to open ports. If I'm wrong about this I'd really be interested in knowing how--it's been an obnoxious problem for me for a while. Thanks, Dave ----- Original Message ----- From: "Timothy Wilson" <wilson at visi.com> To: "TCLUG" <tclug-list at mn-linux.org> Sent: Friday, November 17, 2000 3:27 PM Subject: [TCLUG] To firewall or not to firewall... > Hey everybody, > > DSL is finally available in my neighborhood and my line is scheduled to go > live 11/27. I thought this would be a good opportunity to document the > process and various do's and donts for people who would like to have a > simple network at home with DSL. The first question is, should I stick to > the Cisco 675's built-in NAT/firewall capabilities or roll my own with a > separate Linux box? I think it would be instructive to consider some pros > and cons. > > Here's my setup, which I think would be typically of the average, > non-professional Linux geek. I'll have two computers at home. The first is a > workstation dual-booting Linux and Win9x. The second is Linux only and will > provide whatever network services I need. At this point I plan to have a > simple Web page (I bought my own domain) and provide listservs for family > and friends. I can find an old 486 (or better) to use as a dedicated > firewall with no problem. > > Anyone care to contribute some thoughts on the 675 vs. Linux firewall > debate? > > -Tim > > -- > Tim Wilson | Visit Sibley online: | Check out: > Henry Sibley HS | http://www.isd197.k12.mn.us/ | http://www.zope.org/ > W. St. Paul, MN | | http://slashdot.org/ > wilson at visi.com | <dtml-var pithy_quote> | http://linux.com/ > > _______________________________________________ > tclug-list mailing list > tclug-list at lists.real-time.com > https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list