Broadband and firewall
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This is a question for those of you with 'net access at home via a broadband connection. Do you use a firewall? Which one?
SMC Barricade DSL/Cable Router with built in firewall, DHCP client & server, NAT translator and printer port (all rolled in to one handsome package). :cool: :cool: Mike Mullikin "Thank you America, every night I see increasingly stupid things happening here in Australia. Then you come along and top it." - Michael Martin - The Lounge :bob:
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Then you aren't behind a router or your router isn't configured properly. Tim Smith I know what you're thinking punk, you're thinking did he spell check this document? Well, to tell you the truth I kinda forgot myself in all this excitement. But being this here's CodeProject, the most powerful forums in the world and would blow your head clean off, you've got to ask yourself one question, Do I feel lucky? Well do ya punk?
Tim Smith wrote: you aren't behind a router That's true - most home PCs aren't behind a router. But with ZoneAlarm on the external interface, and the Win2K server configured as a router with NAT on the external ifc, it works quite nicely. Curiously, when I had to put firewalls (SonicWall) on the work system, I discovered the volume of attacks going on around here all the time! This is practically the end of the earth - why would anyone waste time messing with these poor saps?
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I also am using ZoneLabs Zone Alarm. In addition to a Linksys router. From comments I think many have had problems with that brand name recently (I have had mine 18 months.) information week recently had a review: http://www.informationweek.com/story/IWK20020412S0009 Gibson Research also has some info that may be worth reading. Just found it. http://grc.com/lt/howtouse.htm To be conscious that you are ignorant of the facts is a great step towards Knowledge. Benjamin Disraeli
Michael A. Barnhart wrote: Linksys router. From comments I think many have had problems with that brand name recently Yep thats me Michael A. Barnhart wrote: I have had mine 18 months. Why you luckly little... They seem to be ignoring me now -:suss:Matt Newman / Windows XP Activist:suss: -Sonork ID: 100.11179
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Tim Smith wrote: you aren't behind a router That's true - most home PCs aren't behind a router. But with ZoneAlarm on the external interface, and the Win2K server configured as a router with NAT on the external ifc, it works quite nicely. Curiously, when I had to put firewalls (SonicWall) on the work system, I discovered the volume of attacks going on around here all the time! This is practically the end of the earth - why would anyone waste time messing with these poor saps?
You know, I misread the original message. I thought he said he was behind a router. Thus my point about ZoneAlarm and me not bringing up that I am also behind a router. Doh Me! Tim Smith I know what you're thinking punk, you're thinking did he spell check this document? Well, to tell you the truth I kinda forgot myself in all this excitement. But being this here's CodeProject, the most powerful forums in the world and would blow your head clean off, you've got to ask yourself one question, Do I feel lucky? Well do ya punk?
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Have you tied giving the program permission to access the Web manually? It's been a year or so since I switched to the Pro version, but I think that function still exists in the free version. The Pro upgrade is definitely worth the tiny price, by the way. It let's track down and harrass offenders!
Roger Wright wrote: harrass offenders! In what way? Nish
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ADSL Connection with ICS, No problem with Zone Alarm, Atguard Tiny All the free versions, Just set the rules. Remember your firewall only logs what it catches not what sneaks through. :-) Regardz Colin J Davies
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****Colin Davies wrote: Remember your firewall only logs what it catches not what sneaks through. Good Point, Colino :-) Nish
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****Colin Davies wrote: Remember your firewall only logs what it catches not what sneaks through. Good Point, Colino :-) Nish
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Nish [BusterBoy] wrote: Good Point, Colino Thanks Nish, It surprising how many supposedly great devs etc don't yet realise that. :-) Regardz Colin J Davies
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Roger Wright wrote: harrass offenders! In what way? Nish
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It tracks down the source of the hack, gives me the ISP at least. I can then email the ISP, give them the time and IP of the culprit, and hope they have some kind of abuse policy. I suppose I could do more, but I don't have the tools or inclination to do so. Dialups are still the most common connections, so an IP that was used yesterday to probe has probably already been re-assigned, and any kind of counter-attack is likely to hurt someone other than the offender.
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It tracks down the source of the hack, gives me the ISP at least. I can then email the ISP, give them the time and IP of the culprit, and hope they have some kind of abuse policy. I suppose I could do more, but I don't have the tools or inclination to do so. Dialups are still the most common connections, so an IP that was used yesterday to probe has probably already been re-assigned, and any kind of counter-attack is likely to hurt someone other than the offender.
Roger Wright wrote: and any kind of counter-attack is likely to hurt someone other than the offender. With your hig speed connection maybe you can DOS out the ISP :-) Nish
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My 2 cents here. That is what I had done until late last year when I downloaded ZoneLabs just to take a look for a friend. I promptly found a Trojan horse with it (DSSAgent). Mattel software installs it and that covers a fair amount of applications (genealogy, children’s, religious) ref: http://www.salon.com/tech/col/garf/2000/06/15/brodcast/index.html To be conscious that you are ignorant of the facts is a great step towards Knowledge. Benjamin Disraeli
Michael A. Barnhart wrote: I promptly found a Trojan horse with it (DSSAgent). Besides the hardware firewall, I have McAfee running al the time, and once per week I start Ad-Aware for some clean-up ;-) Regards Thomas Sonork id: 100.10453 Thömmi
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This is a question for those of you with 'net access at home via a broadband connection. Do you use a firewall? Which one?
I have a ADSL connection and use a dedicated 386 with SmoothWall (linux firewall distro) as firewall for my network. It's got DHCP, DNS proxy, web proxy, Intrusion Detection (snort), VPN support and a web interface to configure it. Very easy to set up. At least all my PCs can now use the internet connection. The GPL version will be replaced by a Free version soon, but there's a commercial version with addons available as well. VictorV