Tommyastro
join:2004-01-18
Poughkeepsie, NY | reply to Corvus
Re: Hardware Firewall
There is NOTHING wrong with a $50 router. I have one and it works just great. Big bucks don't always mean the best.
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Qumahlin
Never Enough Time
Premium,MVM
join:2001-10-05
united state
| said by Tommyastro  :
There is NOTHING wrong with a $50 router. I have one and it works just great. Big bucks don't always mean the best.
Try again.
Um yes it works as a router...but not as a true firewall, especially if it's a crap linksys router.
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Lindy0001
@comcast.net
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Conclusion: Healthy Setup! We could detect no interesting responses from any of the commonly probed TCP and UDP ports. It would be difficult for an attacker to know where to start without further information
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All that security from my $50 Linksys router. I dont run firewall software in the inside of my router. I have an WWW/FTP server running on Windows 2003 with those ports forwarded to it, and three XP Pro clients.
I have never been hacked to my knowledge. I dont believe you need expensive hardware or software...you just need to know WTF your doing.
Having good Anti-Virus software always updated, POP blocker like google bar (free), spyware software like Ad aware (free), you $50 Router set to repsond to nothing on the internet, and running windows update everyday set to download and install. Dont use stupid software like Kaza and for god sakes have semi-complex passwords on your systems. |
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IronChefMoto
Premium
join:2001-02-08
Alpharetta, GA
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for god sakes have semi-complex passwords on your systems.
So..."password" or "secret" aren't good passwords to be using? DAMN! FOILED AGAIN! 
IronChefMorimoto
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tc17
join:2003-08-14
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said by Tommyastro :
There is NOTHING wrong with a $50 router. I have one and it works just great. Big bucks don't always mean the best.
Try again.
I totally agree. Except some people seem to think something isn't good unless it costs big bucks. This thinking is why our Goverment pays $1000 for a hammer. |
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novaflare
The Dragon Was Here
Premium
join:2002-01-24
Barberton, OH
| reply to Qumahlin
said by Qumahlin :
said by Tommyastro :
There is NOTHING wrong with a $50 router. I have one and it works just great. Big bucks don't always mean the best.
Try again.
Um yes it works as a router...but not as a true firewall, especially if it's a crap linksys router.
first /me waves to the other smoothwall users on the forum and asks do you know of any software that reads the logs from it like wallwatcher for example (pm me if you do)
and now why are linksys routers so bad? Minbe is a old befsr41 thats now sering as nothing more than switch hub what ever you want to call it. I bought it new when it was new how ever many years ago that was and have had no problems ever. Is there some huge exploit that breaks the defenses it has for your lan or what ? just curious here i hear people say how bad they are but never what makes them bad.
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Tommyastro
join:2004-01-18
Poughkeepsie, NY
 ·RoadRunner Cable
| Dragon,
The guy for some reason has a bug in his bonnet against the lower priced Linksys, ignore his comment. The $50 linksys I have is not bad, it works just fine as I said. It has been blocking EVERYTHING, including the HUNDREDS of Mydoom attempts the past week or 2. I use Link Logger (paid for it 2 days after downloading it) and it works great also, shows/tells you everything.
As I said, there is NOTHING wrong with the BEFSR41 I have, it's been working like a champ for a month now nonstop.
Tom |
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