January 15th, 2002, 07:15 PM
What you mean is the Sygate Home Network, which is a software router to split an internet connection.
You can config this software to do a NAT for you, so the computers in your LAN are not visible...
January 14th, 2002, 04:15 AM
I'am using the same setup right now... like many others here.
I think it's a very good way to go, especially when you use a linux box to perform the firewall task
January 14th, 2002, 03:32 AM
Like Vorlin stated any Personal Firewall will be vulnerable to applications ran from the inside on port 80...
e.g. if a malicious thing calls itself iexplorer...
but some firewalls like the...
January 13th, 2002, 01:54 AM
Or you can use a hardware firewall...
About port 139 (in Win9X/ME)... you don't need special progs to access...if you enabled file and printer sharing and the right protocols are binded to that...
