Philipp Lehman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > I can't help you with your lprng question, but a firewall actually > makes sense even on a stand-alone workstation or laptop. You can > filter in the input chain just like you'd do on a dedicated firewall > host.
I'm not an expert on firewalls, but if someone wanted to bring your computer to a grinding halt, i.e. DoS, they could just send a whole crap of packets, and firewall or no, the processor will have to spend all it's cycles dealing with these packets. If course, I guess it would happen if you didn't have a firewall too, wouldn't it? So I guess I'm asking what sort of advantages will I gain if I do run a firewall on a personal machine. thanks. Marshal > > -- > Philipp Lehman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
