[TriLUG] open ports on Uverse 2wire gateway

[James Jones]

Thanks Igor & Craig for the extra thoughts.

With the comments of all, I feel that I at least some ideas to fight
this problem.

Tomorrow, I charge toward the windmill named UVERSE.

I will respond tomorrow evening with results.

Thanks to all,

jcj KK4VUS

On Sun, Jan 26, 2014 at 1:36 PM, Craig Cook <cncook001 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>First, getting your own hardware firewall (possibly just a small
> consumer router) between the modem and the LAN would actually mitigate
> most of the practical security concerns.
>
> That is one valid option.  Another would be get a firewall between the modem and it's internet connection.  Put that firewall into "transparent bridging" mode.  Only allow the ports needed to talk to your modem.
>
>
> Craig
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