[TriLUG] OT: Dialup Firewall?

[Michael Thompson]

Zone Alarm, Zone Alarm and maybe, Zone Alarm Pro.  The non-Pro version
is free, (Not OSS) and can filter packets coming in or out of your
machine.  Nice if you have trojans or spyware trying to communicate
out...  It is very easy to configure, and even the free version has a
few nice features.

--mike

On Wed, 2003-08-13 at 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
-- 
Michael Thompson <thompson at easternrad.com>
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