Message-Id: <200502211910.j1LJADf15766@ruby.fltg.net>
In-Reply-To: <421A110A.7070500@rollanet.org>
Date:  Mon, 21 Feb 2005 14:10:59 -0500
Sender: os2-wireless_users-owner <os2-wireless_users-owner@2rosenthals.com>
Reply-To: os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com
From:  "Julian Thomas" <os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com>
To:  os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com
Subject: [OS2Wireless] Help - need crash course on setting up a firewall

In <421A110A.7070500@rollanet.org>, on 02/21/05 
   at 10:49 AM, Sam Lewis <saml@rollanet.org> typed:



>What Hotel Chain?

It's not a hotel chain.  It's an apartment complex with who knows what
setup between the roadrunner connection and the wireless.

>They would almost have to have a firewall.  They need to have a router 
>to separate the internal/hotel network from the outside internet and 
>even the cheap routers have a firewall built into them now.  Also the 
>routers operation of separating the internal network from the outside 
>internet is similar to NAT which  should provide a good level of 
>protection from the internet. 

I'll ask further.

 As for the internal network you can make 
>sure you don't have any shares on your system and have good passwords 
>for your local accounts and you should be fairly safe.

Since I don't even do peer, it should be quite safe.
 
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