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- From: jclark@sdcc3.ucsd.edu (John Clark)
- Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip
- Subject: Re: Stopping only incoming TCP connections (was: Firewall usage)
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- Date: 12 Aug 92 18:41:30 GMT
- References: <1992Jul28.202211.14029@shearson.com> <chrisc.21.712446813@ramrod.lmt.mn.org> <1992Jul31.001141.2305@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca>
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- In article <1992Jul31.001141.2305@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca> beame@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca (Carl Beame) writes:
- +
- + A properly configured Firewall Router can allow access from the
- +local net onto the Internet and even allow Internet access to specific
- +services or servers on the local net. For Example: If you want to provide
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- Having only recently been interrested in this type of feature, does
- any one have list of hardware which supports 'Firewall' building.
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- In a somewhat related topic, what does one do about the password
- protection problem for accesses other than anonymous FTP. I saw some
- mention of a 'encrypter' which appeared to repacket IP datagrams
- with the data portion encrypted. Is there hardware that does this or
- did I really misunderstand the post.
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- John Clark
- jclark@ucsd.edu
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