[Wylug-help] Firewall advice needed

[David Turner]

Sorry to re-open the thread...

A slightly different perspective might help.

Why not let the young one use messanger which can communicates using
port 80. eg. yahoo messanger does this.

Okay, he/ she probably wants to talk to friends on m$ messanger, but i
believe that some of the messanger clients at source forge will use port
80, and can talk to m$ messanger.

Installing a linux firewall seems like overkill to allow messanger
access. Especially if your router is already acting as a firewall.

Goto www.sf.net and search for messanger I am sure you will find
something that does what you want.

hth

mike at jazzitis.uklinux.net wrote:

> Sorry for the the lateness in responding to Anne Wilson, who wrote
>". . . first line of defence is an SMC router/firewall."
>
>I too have an SMC, mine's the "Barricade" with a printer port and 4
>lan ports - I simply hung my existing 8 port switch off one of them
>and reconfigured the LAN to dhcp rather than fixed IPs - just bought
>and my first reaction is "excellent". SMC have a help line, 0800 917
>9523 (which is different to the number on the back of the manual)
>and, if you can get through the heavy Spanish accent, they are very
>helpful and knowlegeable.
>
>Hope tha's of help.
>
>Regards,
>
>MikeMike
>home: 01924 443335
>work: 01924 485387
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>mike at jazzitis.uklinux.net
>
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