Re: Firewalling a cable modem

Michael Kamp wrote:
Hi,

we have a Toshiba Cable modem for Internet Access (in Germany). Do these
cable modems have something like a simple firewall that drops packets
that come from outside? I am not aware of any method to manage that
modem (no browser or ssh access).
Without any kind of that functionality or at least a router at the cable
modem port, I guess the (single) computer behind the cable modem is very
easy to attack, right? In that case, I should buy a firewall, right?

Buy a cheap wireless G router with a 4-port switch. You can just
plug your PC into it and later if you get a laptop you're ready to
go. They're like $40-$50 for a Netgear/Linksys. Run a free or
cheap software firewall (or the one that comes with some Windoze
OSs - like XP) and that covers you for spyware trying to get out
from your PC - the router will handle the incoming stuff.
.

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