Hardware Firewall?

[R. Wood]

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Allegedly, on Thu, Dec 14, 2006 at 10:19:43PM -0500, Alfred stated:
> Hi:
> 
> Where I live there is no DSL, No High Speed Internet, yet for better
> security, a Hardware Firewall, is recommended over top of a Software
> Firewall like Firestarter. Is there some way that a Hardware Telephone
> Modem (56K), could be hooked up to a Hardware firewall, like say one of
> the Trendnet DSL Hardware Firewalls, to give better firewall Protection,
> while not making use of a DSL Modem, but a 56K Modem instead?
> 
> Alfred!

Just an opinion:
I think a software firewall is perfectly sufficient, particularly if you
are not running any services on the box (which I assume you are not
since you are on dial-up).

So my feeling is that a hardware firewall device is overkill for your
situation.

YMMV...

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