Router Question

[George Toft]

Hi Tyler,

I still think buying one of those cheap boxes mentioned before would 
work well.  Or see if anyone will give you a 486 and run LRP or maybe
even a full Linux distro on it and have it set up as a firewall.

I'm partial to Linux as I can easily control what's inside.  What if 
a security exploit shows up in the D-Link (or LinkSys or 3Com or
Cisco) routers.  How well publicized is it, and how do you fix it?

What do the Exec's do that can't be masqueraded?

George


Tyler Hall wrote:
> 
> They need real ips, for what they do.   That's why I can't touch theirs.   I
> dont think having 2 hubs would fix my problem.  Here, i'll restate what I
> want to do, and you can tell me what would be the best thing to do in my
> shoes;
> 
> This is my network right now;
> 
> MODEM
>       |
>    HUB
> ---------------------------------
> |         |            |             |           |
> ip      ip          ip           ip         linux computer
>                                                 |
>                                                4 fake ips
> 
> Now, I want a router to take place of the linux computer, but not effect
> those other 4 real ips.
> 
> -
> Tyler Hall
> http://www.nerdie.org
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> 
> > ------
> > George's admonition notwithstanding...
> >
> > very crude attempt at ascii art
> >
> > INTERNET via DSL modem
> >            |
> >          HUB
> >            |
> >  ________________________
> >  |           |          |
> > ROUTER    PUBLIC IP    PUBLIC IP
> >   |
> >   |
> >  HUB
> >   |
> >  _______________________________________________
> >    |              |            |              |
> >    |              |            |              |
> > PRIVATEIP     PRIVATEIP      PRIVATEIP     PRIVATEIP
> >
> >
> >
> > Probably best if you pub all the computers behind the router and not have
> any of
> > the computers on public IP's since the mix is very unconducive to a safe
> > efficient lan but that point seemed to be lacking from your question.
> >
> > Craig
> >
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