Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Message-ID: <3500515B75D9D311948800508BA37955950489@EX-LONDON> From: Vince Hoffman To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: RE: Question Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2002 12:06:07 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" If your using win2k/xp (pro or server) and just want basic packet filtering have a look at http://www.hsc.fr/ressources/outils/pktfilter/index.html.en not cygwin but is BSD licenced. -----Original Message----- From: Jim George [mailto:jim DOT george AT blueyonder DOT co DOT uk] Sent: 19 July 2002 08:27 To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: Question ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Collins" To: "Jim George" ; "Nicholas Wourms" Cc: Sent: Friday, July 19, 2002 8:04 AM Subject: Re: Question > > === > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jim George" > To: "Nicholas Wourms" > Cc: > Sent: Friday, July 19, 2002 4:57 PM > Subject: Re: Question > > > > Apologies Nicholas I thought I had replied to all. > > > > From my understanding of squid (used it extensively under Linux), it > would > > be a fairly weak firewall? > > Squid is not a firewall. It's a proxy server (sometimes called a layer 7 > firewall). > > Squid can add a significant amount of security to a network layout, but > can be bypassed unless it is used in conjunction with a packet filtering > firewall. > > Rob > Rob, that was exactly my point, but one I wasn't too confident of ;) Cheers, Jim -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/