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Posted by Charles Newman on March 12, 2005, 10:45 pm
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> I'm a total networking newbie.
>
> Currently I just have 2 PCs connected through a cable modem router. I
> plan to add and host a few servers through my cable modem connection
> also, but how do I protect my PCs? What hardware/software do I need to
> do that?
>
> Requirements:
> * All Servers(win or linux) don't have access to any PCs through any
> ports.
> * All PCs can access servers through any ports.
> * All PCs can have total access to each other.
> * All servers can have total access to each other.
>
> To balance ease and cost of doing this, I lean towards ease. Solution
> shall be fast and easy to setup, and doesn't cost alot. Thanks.
>
If you are going to do that, dump your hardware router, and get
an ICS/NAT Box with Tiny Personal Firewall, and get some
proxy software to handle proxy services to the machines behind
the network.
The ICS box serves my 3-pc network quite well. Plus, with
an ICS box using Tiny Firewall, you can block things you
might not want to get to the PCs, that you cannot do with
any hardware device.
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