[TriLUG] OT: Dialup Firewall?

Jason Tower jason at cerient.net
Wed Aug 13 15:14:56 EDT 2003


i know of two, one is the 3com lanmodem (3c886 is the model number i 
think) and the other is/was made by netgear, the RM356.  both work well 
and provide basic NAT protection, i think the netgear even has some 
basic firewall functionality (like dropping packets with a certain 
src/dest port).  both are managed via a browser and can be set up quite 
easily as long as the ISP supports standard PPP connections.  one of my 
clients is using the 3c886 right now and it works great.

jason

On Wednesday 13 August 2003 14:30, Ken Mink wrote:
> 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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