[LBo] Firewalls [was: help]

[Sam Morgan]

Steve Hinsley wrote:

>> Back to the original question: For a single computer at home with no
>> network, wouldn't a software firewall do the same thing (drop
>> unsolicited traffic) making the NAT router just another layer of the
>> same thing?
>>
>> Anita
> 
> I would recommend a router even for a single computer. I can buy one for 
> about $50 U.S at a big box retailer. A software firewall will protect 
> you, but probably not as well as a router. 
>
question:
I don't know so I'm asking but,
isn't one of these over the counter routers
simply a software firewall, like IPCOP,
but the software is burned into an eprom or flash memory chip?
so it's considered to be a hardware firewall???


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