RE: Need firewall protection,

> -----Original Message-----
> From: pctech-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx / David Gibbs
> Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2004 6:45 PM
>
> Dan Bale wrote:
> > It would be nice to know whether the firewall is blocking
> > anything, but it offers no stats for this.
>
> If you are running a NATing router (which pretty much all consumer grade
> routers are) then it is not 'blocking' anything ... what it is doing, or
> actually not doing, is allowing anything from the outside in.
>
> What it is doing is simply allowing computers on your private network to
> access the internet.
>
> Anything from the outside that tries to get in will simply hit it's head
> against the wall.
>
> > This is perhaps one of the reasons I consider for
> > using a software-based firewall, so that I can see
> > what's hitting my PC.
>
> Who really cares what's hitting your system ... So long as all it's
> hitting is your router, you are safe.

Is this true 100% of the time?  As far as caring, I suppose if it's random
and brief, you're right.  But I think I'd want to know if someone is making
a sustained effort to get in.

db