Tim: >> A firewall at the router can stop things at the boundary, but >> depending on how it's implemented, may not stop things between >> clients within your LAN. That's probably not an issue at home, but >> would be at a more public LAN (school, office, cafe, etc.).
Bill Davidsen: > Only if you have things on a separate subnet. Otherwise node just talk > to each other without the firewall getting involved. If your router really is a router, then it controls all the traffic going through it, and nothing can talk directly to each other unless it permits it. -- [...@localhost ~]$ uname -r 2.6.27.25-78.2.56.fc9.i686 Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I read messages from the public lists. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
