[TriLUG] OT: Dialup Firewall?

[STaylor at srspos.com]

Hey,

I am not sure if they still make one but I have a dialup appliance/4port 
ether switch from netgear.

It works like a champ, does dial-on-demand etc.

Good Luck.

Shawn

Shawn Taylor
Systech Retail Systems
Suite 200 - 5510 Six Forks rd.
Raleigh, NC 27609


Hi Everyone,
>   I got a frantic phone call from my completely computer illiterate
> father this morning. His home computer was getting hit with Master
> Blaster. My folks have a dialup account with the local version of Bill
> and Ted's Excellent ISP. They're in very rural PA. Since we all know 
> how
> good M$'s security is, does anyone know of a dialup version of the
> little router/firewall appliances broadband users have? The idea of
> their uncustomized XP machine hanging out on the internet scares me.
>   I've done some poking around, but have not been able to find one.
> Seems like there would be enough customers for such a product to exist.
>   I am very comfortable with iptables, but I don't want to support a
> dialup machine 600 miles away. They also don't have room for another 
> PC.
> I really need some kind of little appliance.
>
> TIA,
> Ken
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