using a wireless card w/ linux router / firewall

James Knott james.knott-bJEeYj9oJeDQT0dZR+AlfA at public.gmane.org
Thu Sep 15 13:25:40 UTC 2005


Tim Writer wrote:

>>You might want to try what I have here.  I've connected one of those
>>cheap WiFi routers, to a 3rd NIC in my firewall.  IPtables can be
>>configured to allow full access to the internet, while blocking all but
>>VPN or SSH access to your local systems.  The router also provides it's
>>own DHCP server.  I also have WEP enabled, though WPA is available.
> 
> That's fine but does open you up to the potential for abuse of your Internet
> connection. If you're concerned, you might consider running nocat
> (http://www.nocat.net) on your firewall to restrict Internet access to
> authenticated users.
> 

I said it can be, not has to be, configured to allow access to the
internet without VPN.  Regardless, you should still use at least WEP or
preferably WPA.

Decide what you want to allow and then configure your systesm
accordingly.  My system is *NOT* wide open to others.
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