Re: [Sheflug] Security

["Chris J/#6" <nospam [at] nccnet.co.uk>]

>  If you use a separate firewall/router box, IP masquerading (sp?) has
> modules to automagically deal with the things you've mentioned (Quake,
> FTP, audio streams, ICQ and a bunch of others) - saves a bit of effort
> :-)
> 

You still need to unlock the ports on the firewall though don't you? I 
thought that they were just helpers for awkward protocols - the firewall 
chains still apply I think.

Chris...



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