20 Apr
2010
20 Apr
'10
8:58 p.m.
On Tue, 20 Apr 2010, Chris Adams wrote:
than PCs all the time, such as network printers (which have a very spotty security record, especially on the cheap end) and disk servers. Network devices like that _can't_ just block all access.
Windows XP SP2 and later has the concept of different "zones" (or whatever it's called) where it'll allow things from the local subnet but not from outside of it, if you tell it so. I know people who configure their network printers without default gw to handle their spotty security. I do think the home router should have a stateful firewall and according to what I see in the IETF, this is going to be the recommendation for an IPv6 enabled home gateway. -- Mikael Abrahamsson email: swmike@swm.pp.se