Re: Need firewall protection, -- PCTECH

Subject: Re: [PCTECH] Need firewall protection,
From: David Gibbs <david@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2004 10:29:06 -0500
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Ken Sims wrote:

It also stops the crap coming from computers at work when I'm connected in via the VPN. My Linux firewall/router can't stop that because the traffic is encapsulated in VPN packets.


It boils down to trust. :)

I explicitly trust the other computers in my home ... and I tend to trust the computers at work. Plus, my system is configured to only allow sharing of resources with authorized systems / users.

david

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