On Mon, 11 Jun 2001 15:44:34 David Mandala wrote:
[...]
> 
> Why would you want to use a router to do ipmasq, and a different box
> providing the firewall? Having ipmasq and firewall on different boxes is
> really a headache.
> 
> Davidm
>

Currently, my Cisco 675 does NAT so I rely on it and do not have any
dedicated firewall.  The 675 also has a built in dhcp server that supports
several boxes on the internal 10.0.0.* network.  I have web access to the
router shut off and use NAT only to allow incoming traffic on ports 25
(postfix) and 80 (apache). I also do the other standard things on the box -
shut off unused ports, use tcpwrappers, etc.  I am a programmer, not a sys
admin, but I thought this was adequate.  Any thoughts on it in terms of
security?

Anyway, I am looking for a cox-compatible modem that has the same features.
 It sounds like the D-Link 701 might do the trick from what David Schwartz
suggested.  

Thanks to everyone for the replies!

---julian