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  3. December 2005

RE: Home network problem

> Unfortunately for Jeff, my 16-year old got the "network" set 
> up, and we had some issues, but he figured them out.  I 
> probably should have him give me a rundown of what he did.  
> But, I digress.
> 
> The basis for deciding to do this was that esteemed members 
> of this list educated me (let's see how accurately I remember 
> the lesson!) that the router-firewall only restricts things 
> coming in, and doesn't care if you're sending all your 
> keystrokes, bank account numbers, social security numbers to 
> some friendly guy in Russia.  That's where the ZA-type 
> firewalls come into play.
> 
> Did I remember the lesson correctly?

I believe you did.

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