Router/Firewall Recommendation

[Otto Haliburton]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: redhat-list-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:redhat-list-
> bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Rodolfo J. Paiz
> Sent: Friday, June 25, 2004 12:45 AM
> To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list
> Subject: RE: Router/Firewall Recommendation
> 
> At 11:20 PM 6/24/2004, Otto Haliburton wrote:
> >I'm going to sum up and then I'm going to forget this thread.
> 
> Yay! <grin>
> 
> >The problem here is to get the simplest solution that
> >solves the problem with the least amount of effort.
> 
> No!
> 
> The problem here is to help any user to find the best answer for them
> *personally*. You keep insisting that everyone use *your* answer, when
> they
> may not even have the same question! For example, some may say that the
> problem here is to find the most secure solution which still has a
> reasonable cost (financial, time investment, etc.). Others may say that
> the
> problem here is how to find the cheapest solution which still provides
> reasonable security, and those users may already have some equipment or
> none. Still others may say we're all crazy, let's use Windows!
> 
> What does it take to convince you that Your Way is not the Only Way?
> 
> >That's my .02cents.
> 
> Your 0.02 cents indeed.
> 
This is the final, my answer is not the only answer it is a logical answer
and that is your problem.  If you have more than one computer in a lan then
you are using a router or a hub.  So your network is bound by a hub, or a
router.  If you are using a hub, then you are using one of your computers as
a router.  So you are sitting here talking about a bunch of bullshit cause
you have to be hooked up with one of these things to have a lan.  If you
have a choice of whether to buy a router or a hub, then you have to make a
decision as to what your ISP is going to do.  A router allows multiple
computers to use a single ip address and since it does address translation
it allows you to acquire a firewall in the process.  You also get another
slight advantage and that is if your isp charges for extra ip address then
you don't have to pay cause you are only using one.  So while you are
talking that bullshit I am totally aware that you are using personally
either a router or a hub if you have more than one computer networked.  So
my solution is not the only solution it is the logical solution.  Why would
I waste a perfectly good computer to do routing when I could use the
computing power to do something else unless I have too.  I personally think
that you are out here trolling, cause if you have computers networked then
you are using one of these hardware devices.