Firewalls

[ferrymanr]

I have Win2K guest with W/S 5.5 on Suse 10.2 using a bridged network to
asccess the internet. Do I actually need a firewall in Win2K or does the
host firewall protect it?
Richard

[Markus Becker]

Post by ferrymanr
I have Win2K guest with W/S 5.5 on Suse 10.2 using a bridged network to
asccess the internet. Do I actually need a firewall in Win2K or does the
host firewall protect it?

Neither.

Markus

[Richard Ferryman]

Post by Markus Becker

Post by ferrymanr
I have Win2K guest with W/S 5.5 on Suse 10.2 using a bridged network to
asccess the internet. Do I actually need a firewall in Win2K or does the
host firewall protect it?

Neither.
Markus

Good answer Do you imply that neither firewall protects anything or that
neither is needed as threats don't exist? (Perhaps all hacking is now
directed at Mr. Gates new product :-))
Richard

[Markus Becker]

Post by Richard Ferryman
Good answer Do you imply that neither firewall protects anything or that
neither is needed as threats don't exist? (Perhaps all hacking is now
directed at Mr. Gates new product :-))

I meant that you don't need a firewall[1] and that they don't protect[2].

[1] Both Win2k and Linux can be configured in such a way that no firewall
is needed (not meaning some kinds of packet filtering software like
iptables, here)
[2] firewalls in the sense you mean, can be easily defeated[3].
[3] apart from the fact that in bridged mode the host 'firewall'
does not protect the guest.

Markus