DSL at last -- but is it secure?

[Nate Cole]

Tom,

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Nate

--- Condon Thomas A KPWA <tcondon at kpt.nuwc.navy.mil> wrote:
> 
> Folks,
> 
> DSL has finally come down my street (we are out of range of
> the normal
> process and needed a repeater).  My DSL modem** was delivered
> yesterday and
> I'm told the line should go active on Thursday.
> 
> ** Actiontec Wireless-Ready DSL Gateway that (in theory)
> includes firewall,
> router and 4 port switch.
> 
> I have a small home LAN with two Linux (SuSE 7 & 8)
> workstations, a Mac
> (LCIII) and two laptops, one Linux (RH7) and one Win95.  The
> two
> workstations are the only machines normally left on.
> 
> I've been reading all I can find on how to set this up so
> that all my
> machines can access the internet through this gateway without
> (excessive)
> risk.
> 
> I'll be hosting a couple of low-traffic web sites on one of
> my workstations,
> though, so I need to learn about setting up an Apache server.
>  I'm also
> concerned about security loopholes.
> 
> Any considerations or suggestions for securing my network
> would be
> appreciated.  TIA.
> 
> 
> In Harmony's Way, and In A Chord,
> 
> Tom  :-})
> 
> Thomas A. Condon
> Barbershop Bass Singer
> Registered Linux User #154358
> A Jester Unemployed
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