[76662] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: New Computer? Six Steps to Safer Surfing
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Alexei Roudnev)
Mon Dec 20 05:05:46 2004
From: "Alexei Roudnev" <alex@relcom.net>
To: "Suresh Ramasubramanian" <ops.lists@gmail.com>,
"Sean Donelan" <sean@donelan.com>
Cc: <nanog@merit.edu>
Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2004 02:03:21 -0800
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
Please,do not compare connections thru PNAT (DSL + Linksys) with dialup.
So, this all is incorrect - DSL providers are (in 90% cases) protected from
the very beginning by hardware (even if they never hear word FIREWALL) -
because of PNAT.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Suresh Ramasubramanian" <ops.lists@gmail.com>
To: "Sean Donelan" <sean@donelan.com>
Cc: <nanog@merit.edu>
Sent: Saturday, December 18, 2004 7:43 PM
Subject: Re: New Computer? Six Steps to Safer Surfing
>
> On Sat, 18 Dec 2004 22:07:58 -0500 (EST), Sean Donelan <sean@donelan.com>
wrote:
> > On Sun, 19 Dec 2004, Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote:
> > > Just asking .. any idea how many cable / dsl operators around the
> > > world - not just in the USA - provide hardware firewalls along with
> > > their CPE equipment - or perhaps provide CPE equipment that's capable
> > > of firewalling?
> >
> > How many dialup operators around the world provide hardware firewalls?
Or
> > is the modem built into your computer or bought as an add-on card?
>
> Not a valid comparison.
>
> At least some manufacturers make hardware firewalls that are also
> PPPoE / PPPoA dsl modems. Linksys for example. Several other
> manufacturers don't do this.
>
> --
> Suresh Ramasubramanian (ops.lists@gmail.com)
