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advice on home network configuration
Name: ßÄMÄ Date: July 24, 2001 at 23:06:01 Pacific
Comment:
Hi all! I recently acquired some new hardware and am looking for advice on setting it up. At the link below, you will find a picture of the configs I believe possible, and would very much appreciate any advice y'all can give. Best security model(s), etc.
Name: Dr. Zhivago Date: July 25, 2001 at 00:19:25 Pacific
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Hi BÄMÄ
1) What oprating system(s) are, or are proposed to be installed on PC1 & PC2?
2) What evidence do you have that firewall redundancy is not overkill?
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Response Number 2
Name: ßÄMÄ Date: July 25, 2001 at 06:41:33 Pacific
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Hi Dr. Z,
PC1 is dual boot 98/2K and PC2 is 98.
You're right about the redundancy, but there are always security holes. I believe that my software FW was circumvented about 2 months ago, so I figure the more the merrier.
Do you have a preference of the proposed designs? One that makes more sense to you than the others?
TIA
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Response Number 3
Name: ßÄMÄ Date: July 25, 2001 at 23:37:24 Pacific
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thx for you help.
ßÄMÄ
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Response Number 4
Name: Dr. Zhivago Date: July 27, 2001 at 01:53:47 Pacific
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Sorry I didn't get back to you sooner. I got involved in reading "Positively 4th Street" by David Hajdu. Very good book.
The network models gif can no longer be found at the site you posted above, but I have a photographic memory.
Since I'm a glutton for complexity, the second from the bottom is my preference.
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Response Number 5
Name: Dr. Zhivago Date: July 27, 2001 at 01:55:05 Pacific
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Didn't turn out the way I'd expected,.. but yours will, I'm sure.
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Response Number 6
Name: ßÄMÄ Date: July 27, 2001 at 09:49:12 Pacific
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I pulled the page once I was done setting it up. I chose the same one you did.
Thx again.
I have to say that routers are pretty cool. I've tinkered (and I use that term loosely) with them before, but I really enjoy this stuff. The only problem is the manual is a 244 page PDF file. Guess I'll be reading a lot too. LOL
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