[ale] I've hit a rough wall, installin' Smoothwall :-)
Geoffrey
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Mon Dec 22 11:00:13 EST 2008
Courtney Thomas wrote:
> Geoffrey,
>
> My apologies for the garbled question. I was interrupted and failed to
> refocus on returning :-(
>
> What I meant to ask was:
> how can it be determined that all a given machine's activity is actually
> going through SmoothWall,
> rather than accessing the web directly through the wireless router ?
I'm not sure if you're referring to my setup or yours. In my
configuration, nothing can get to the internet unless it goes through my
smoothwall firewall.
for example:
internet <-> smoothwall <-> switch <-> wireless router <-> laptop
--
Until later, Geoffrey
Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little
temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.
- Benjamin Franklin
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