Text 4548, 31 rader
Skriven 2005-11-23 23:01:20 av Maurice Kinal (1:261/38.9)
   Kommentar till text 4546 av Michiel Broek (2:280/2802)
Ärende: Re: Protecting a 2 Gig ADSL cap
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Hey Michiel!

Nov 23 22:47 05, Michiel Broek wrote to Russell Tiedt:

 MB> Not really, here most of them do have it. I thought you were using a 
 MB> PC
 MB> router for your current dialup like I used to have. I just added a 
 MB> second
 MB> network card for adsl and swapped the network routing to the new card
 MB> including firewall rules.

That is what I suggested he do.  However he'll have to hide the connection and
have it under lock and key so that it can't be simply plugged into another
machine to overcome the 'enhancement'.

 MB> A firewall in the modem isn't easy to block port 80 because most 
 MB> maintenance
 MB> is done to the adsl modem using port 80.

Also firmware for many of the modems isn't exactly the best it could be,
whereas a homegrown solution is far more capable since he'll get to decide what
can go on there and upgrade it whenever he feels a need to do that.  Personally
I don't trust any manufacturer's idea of what I need/want out of a modem and
thus having a secondary machine looking after it's traffic and access is a very
good idea, no matter what the reason.

Life is good,
Maurice

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