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On Friday 11 May 2007 09:45, Paul Sutton wrote: > Neil Williams wrote: > > Firewalls are > > generally at the router level rather than the individual box unless you > > are providing services to the internet from home rather than just > > obtaining services from the internet by using email, web browsing etc. > > While I understand this, my router makes no mention of the word > firewall. however it does mention NAT, (Network address translation), > which is essentially the firewall I think, point is anyone not familar NAT means it can have lots of different IP's sharing the one IP on the internet side. It is NOT a firewall! Most linux setups will allow you to configure a firewall on your network interface. There are several internet sites that will probe your system for vulnerabilities https://www.grc.com/x/ne.dll?bh0bkyd2 for one.. Tom te tom te tom -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html