On 4/26/25 5:46 AM, Jonathan Billings wrote:
On Apr 26, 2025, at 00:24, David King <d...@daveking.com> wrote:
As to firewalls:

Plugging the workstation directly into the Comcast cable modem puts your 
computer directly on the internet, where everyone can hack away at it trying to 
break in.  I always put some sort of router in between the cable modem and my 
computer.  They're available for cheap and are usually plug-and-play.  The 
router connects directly to cable modem, i.e., the internet, and gets a public 
address while the workstation connects to a private local intranet created by 
the router.  Nothing on the workstation can be accessed from the public 
internet unless I specifically change the router's configuration to forward 
ports through it to my workstation.  In the situation you described there would 
be no need to do such a thing.  When connected in this manner the computer can 
see everything on the internet, but nobody on the internet can reach the 
computer.

As a Comcast customer, it’s actually a pain to get a modem that is just that.  
Most consumers get a modem/gateway/wifi AP by default, which should put the 
user behind an ipv4 NAT. However, it usually also gives you a public ipv6 
address.  So you need to be extra careful about it, and not assume that since 
your comcast gateway put you on a NAT that you are safe.  Comcast does block a 
lot of services with the non-business accounts though.

So if you add another gateway, be aware that you will likely be double-NAT’d.

I neither rent a comcast modem nor bought one from comcast. I bought my modem (an Arris) on-line.

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