Hey folks !! ..

I'm not all that new to networking.I've read several manuals and books on networking.

But i really lack practical experience as i didn't have access to a network during the time i

did my studies. Now i've been made the system administrator of my college!. The former

administrator advised me not to put up a firewall as it would really slowdown the connection(

64kbps ).He thinks that noone would ever wanna hack into the network. I know its not

safe to practice security by obscurity. There isn't any data of great importance too in these

systems.The network is just used for students to access the internet. I know there

are a lot of experienced people out there in AO. I really need your advice.