RE: [PCTECH] ANNOUNCE: IPCop 1.4.0 Final Release!

["Bob Crothers" <bob2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dan,

1) Yes.  Firewall software and your "firmware" are the same thing in this
case.  If your only need is NAT (Network Address Translation or what you are
calling IP address translation) then perhaps you don't need IP Cop.

I use IP Cop at home because I like it.  And I use it at work because it is
very effective.  So my home environment was "free".  A router/firewall would
have cost me money.

IP Cop is also only concerned with inbound traffic.  If this is a concern of
yours, then use something like Zone Alarm on the PC's and keep them behind
your firewall of choice (Eg: IPCop or your router/firewall).

2) Just upgraded to Win98?  I'd still bet there is a wireless network in
your future...but probably a more distant future than many! <g>

3) re the "router part of the hardware".  Actually, IP Cop performs that
also.  But as I said above, perhaps IP Cop is an added layer of complexity
you don't really need.  

Bob

> -----Original Message-----
> From: pctech-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:pctech-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of Dan Bale
> Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 2004 7:52 AM
> To: PC Technical Discussion for iSeries Users
> Subject: RE: [PCTECH] ANNOUNCE: IPCop 1.4.0 Final Release!
> 
> Thanks, Bob!
> 
> > How often is the firewall software on your router updated?
> 
> Is this the firmware?  There *are* firmware updates, tho the manual says
> to
> apply them "only when necessary".  ???  I thought the router firewall does
> one thing and does it well: It does the IP address translation to make the
> PCs behind the firewall "invisible" to the net.  Assuming that's the case,
> what is there to upgrade?
> 
> Of course, the router firewall only blocks traffic coming in.  (I learned
> that here, thanks to you guys!)  Does IPCop police the outgoing stuff as
> well (phone homes, spyware, etc.)?
> 
> > Does your router firewall have an Orange zone for your servers?
> > How about a Blue zone for your wireless network?  And I suspect a
> wireless
> > network is in most of our future...both at work and at home.
> 
> No servers and no wireless.  As for the future, well you're talking to a
> guy
> who just upgraded to Win98.  Nuff said?  Anyway, I've been burned before
> for
> buying something that I wasn't able to use, for example, a USB device back
> when I was still only on Win95, and I watched prices steadily decline on
> the
> device before I finally got on Win98.
> 
> > If the router firewall works with IP Cop, then use both.
> > Otherwise I'd turn off the router firewall and use IPCop.
> 
> Um, I'm hoping I'll still be able to use the router part of the hardware.
> I've got three PC's that I want to have internet access in our house.  Is
> that going to depend on Gigafast, or is that fairly standard these days?
> 
> db
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: pctech-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx / Bob Crothers
> > Sent: Monday, October 04, 2004 7:33 PM
> >
> > > Should I consider the IPCop solution to be more... robust? ...
> > secure? than
> > > my current Gigafast firewall/router?  Or, perhaps better, IPCop
> > complements
> > > a firewall/router?
> > >
> >
> > How often is the firewall software on your router updated?
> >
> > If some new hole is discovered, how fast will they fix it?
> >
> > Does your router firewall have an Orange zone for your servers?
> >
> > How about a Blue zone for your wireless network?  And I suspect a
> wireless
> > network is in most of our future...both at work and at home.
> >
> > If the router firewall works with IP Cop, then use both.
> > Otherwise I'd turn off
> > the router firewall and use IPCop.  Of course, that's my opinion
> > and worth what you are paying for it <g>.
> >
> > And you don't really access anything from the IPCop box.
> > Everything is via your browser on your PC inside the firewall.
> 
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