I think it was suggested it be left in the DMZ to prevent wardrivers from (easily) getting at the systems behind your firewall. John > -----Original Message----- > From: tclug-list-bounces at mn-linux.org > [mailto:tclug-list-bounces at mn-linux.org] On Behalf Of Mike Bresnahan > Sent: Monday, December 29, 2003 2:20 PM > To: 'TCLUG Mailing List' > Subject: RE: [TCLUG] Wi-Fi security question > > > I'm not sure why you would want to put the AP in the DMZ of > your firewall. Mine is behind the firewall. To be perfectly > accurate, my AP and firewall are in the same unit (Linksys > firewall/AP/switch), but all wireless (and > non-wireless) clients are behind the firewall. This still > allows me to put one machine in the DMZ if needed (e.g. > playing some networked games). Is this setup not possible > with stand-alone APs? > > Mike > > -----Original Message----- > From: tclug-list-bounces at mn-linux.org > [mailto:tclug-list-bounces at mn-linux.org] On > Behalf Of The > Wandering Dru > Sent: Monday, December 29, 2003 12:38 PM > To: TCLUG Mailing List > Subject: [TCLUG] Wi-Fi security question > > > My mom is looking to go the wireless route in the near future > for her laptop. I know a lot of you that use wireless put > the AP on the DMZ of your firewall. > > My question is this, do you pinhole the firewall to allow > certain services(ie, filesharing, printing, etc.) back into > the LAN or do you just limit the AP to internet access? Or > is there some other fancy way to allow these services that > I'm not aware of? I'm mostly just looking for a > security/convenience trade-off comparison. > > I have nearly no expereince with wireless and would like to > come up with a plan/cost before I go buying stuff willy-nilly > on my mom's bill. > > -- > The Wandering Dru <dru at druswanderings.net> > http://druswanderings.net <--- Things 'n' Such > > Get nifty > TCLUG merchandise at the TCLUG Store! http://www.cafeshops.com/tclug > > > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list