Re: looking for a hub or switch that can connect a VPN and apply firewall rules to all ports

[John McKinzey <john.mckinzey () gmail com>]

What about a "transparent" or "bridged" firewall?

On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 12:17 AM, Thomas Anderson<zelnaga () gmail com> wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 15, 2009 at 5:13 PM, Justin Mitchell<jgmitchell () gmail com> wrote:
> > What you are wanting to do still won't prevent the ISP from shutting down
> > your single internet connection if one user behaves badly. You need an
> > individual internet connectio for each user. 20 users = 20 modems/routers
>
> Ok...  let's change the situation around a bit.  If your router only
> has four ethernet ports on it and you want to connect seven computers
> to the LAN, do you buy a router or a hub?  If you buy a router, you'll
> be creating a LAN within a LAN - if you buy a hub, you'll just be
> extending the existing LAN.
>
> Let's say the network my ISP connects me to is, itself, a LAN.
> Technically, the fact that they provide my internet service qualifies
> them as an ISP, does it not?  That this, shall we say, pseudo ISP
> wants to ban me, however, does not mean their ISP wants to ban me.
> Indeed, thanks to network address translation, they wouldn't be able
> to distinguish me from anyone else.
>
> Or lets say you're the US Department of Defense and have multiple /8
> IP address blocks.  If you have a hub plugged directly into their
> OC-192 modem do you still need 20 modems / routers for 20 users?  I
> actually don't know the answer to that one, although I suspect you
> don't, either.

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