Re: MicroFirewalls for home/low speed connections

["Aaron C. Springer" <a.conrad () ix netcom com>]

Us West uses a cisco dsl router that has filtering, NAT and other real router
features.

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On 19-Nov-99 Nicholas Tang wrote:
> On Wed, 17 Nov 1999, chuck wrote:
>
> > Why can't the DSL routers ("modems") have this built in?  Even
> > just basic filtering?
>
> I just got a DSL line set up at home, and the Netopia 7100 router I'm
> using does support port filtering.  I haven't played with it much and I
> can't vouch for it in any way, shape, or form, but many DSL providers use
> the Netopia box.  Now, configuring that filtering looks like it's beyond
> any "normal" home user, but the option is there.
>
> Nicholas
>
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