From: Tom Trottier (Tom_at_act.ca)
Date: Wed Dec 01 1999 - 01:31:03 EST
No, there is no "direct" connection. The firewall on the interface machine
would interface with the DSL, do any filtering, virus checking or whatever,
translate the address the packet came in on, (IP or IP+port) & distribute
it to the appropriate machine with its own IP address in the subnet.
I'm just a dilettante - see
http://www.networkcomputing.com/netdesign/wall1.html
Tom
At 20:47 1999/11/30 -0800, Randal Whittle wrote:
>At 11:40 PM 11/30/1999 -0500, you wrote:
...
>>Actually, the firewall software only needs to be on the machine that
>>interfaces to the internet. Then you'd need a separate ethernet card to
>>connect up the other machines.
>>Tom
>
>Tom,
> Doesn't this assume a traditional server configuration?
> I'm looking at a situation where a small number of machines are
>peer-networked, all making use of a DSL Modem. In this configuration (if I
>understand it properly), each machine is essentially connected to the DSL
>line directly--which means each one would need individual protection at a
>software level (or a piece of hardware between them and the connection to
>the Internet, whether that is a server or a specialty firewall box such as
>the Sonic Wall I described either.
>
> In such a configuration--peer networked machines--am I mistaken in
>presuming that each machine would require a software firewall to be
protected?
>
>- Randy Whittle
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