- D-Link NAT router & SPI?
- Posted by Howie on February 28th, 2005
I bought this D-Link wired router for our new home network:
http://www.d-link.com/products/?pid=62
From PC Magazine's site: "Whether you go with a wired or wireless network,
you'll need a router, which will allow you to connect your PCs to the
network and share an Internet connection. Make sure the router you buy has a
built-in stateful packet inspection (SPI) firewall. Routers that rely solely
on network address translation (NAT) no longer offer enough protection."
(http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1159495,00.asp)...
I'm not sure if the router I bought is going to be enough to keep hackers
and others out... anyone have comment? Does my router have SPI? The specs
are tough to figure out (I'm a newbie to networking)...
Howie
- Posted by Duane Arnold on February 28th, 2005
"Howie" <howie@nospam.com> wrote in message
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There is the data sheet for your router. Do you see SPI being mentioned? The
router doesn't seem to have it, because it would have been clearly
indicated.
ftp://ftp10.dlink.com/pdfs/products/.../DI-604_ds.pdf
The D-Link falls into this category.
http://www.homenethelp.com/web/explain/about-NAT.asp
Since a NAT router even with SPI is not a FW appliance that has a true FW,
then most supplement the router with a personal FW or you can supplement
with IPsec that's on the XP O/S by implementing the AnalogX IPsec rules.
http://www.analogx.com/contents/articles/ipsec.htm
http://www.petri.co.il/block_ping_tr...with_ipsec.htm
If the router had a true FW, then it would be able to do what's in the link
and you would not need a PFW or IPsec to supplement it.
http://tinyurl.com/4awxu
WatchGuard, Cisco, Sonicwall and others fall into the category.
Duane 
- Posted by Aquila Deus on February 28th, 2005
Duane Arnold <Notme@Notme.com> wrote:
- Posted by clechner@hotmail.com on February 28th, 2005
Would this hardware device (http://alphashield.com/index.htm) be any
good? Heard of it? Worth the money?
Howie
Duane Arnold wrote:
- Posted by Duane Arnold on February 28th, 2005
<clechner@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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I really cannot tell you if it's any good. Maybe, you can find some reviews
about it. Yes, I have heard of Alphashied in passing and that's about it.
For $149 US for the device, I would put that towards getting a low-end
Watchguard or Sonicwall router with a FW.
Duane
- Posted by Jou simpel kont on February 28th, 2005
Duane Arnold wrote:
