Router/Firewall Recommendation

[Otto Haliburton]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: redhat-list-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:redhat-list-
> bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Ed Wilts
> Sent: Friday, June 25, 2004 9:49 AM
> To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list
> Subject: Re: Router/Firewall Recommendation
> 
> On Fri, Jun 25, 2004 at 09:31:14AM -0500, Otto Haliburton wrote:
> > > --
> > > Jason Dixon, RHCE
> > > DixonGroup Consulting
> > > http://www.dixongroup.net
> 
> > again you have some moron calling someone else a moron.
> 
> Respect is something you earn.  Jason has earned it here. You have not.
> That doesn't mean you won't, but with the attitude you're taking it will
> take a very long time.
> 
> Relax, take a deep breath, and pick another thread to follow.
> 
> Remember the old quote - "it's better to have people suspect you're a
> moron than to open your mouth and remove all doubt" (or something like
> that).
> 
> --
I don't particularly have respect for someone who decides to call someone
else a moron,  I lose respect for them very fast and any follower who thinks
that it is okay for them to disrespect someone because they are perceived to
have earned some badge of honor.  The guy maybe great, but I didn't endorse
wireless routers in my post, in fact I put them down, but he didn't read the
post carefully and opened his mouth and inserted foot.  Wireless networks
can be penetrated, but it is not trivial.  You need to know where it is and
come into range of the transmission limitations to start out with, you have
to be able to select that wireless network out of all of the ones that are
up and running.  Cell phones, for example can be compromised, but you don't
compromise them by selecting a particular phone, you select all transmission
and throw the ones away that you are not interested in, but you can do this
because they use a base station for transmissions.  Wireless networks are
very limited in their transmission range so you can't just say I'm going to
take your signal, you have to get close.  Someone mentioned directional
antennae, but two way radios have directional antennae and I can't talk to
someone in Germany with a two way radio.  So, to get respect you need to be
respectful, to get disrespect then open your mouth and call someone a moron.