[lug] security provided by router

[Shannon Johnston]

On the router level you can keep it from forwarding the traffic to the
computer. So if you want to prevent others from trying to telnet to you
machine, you can set the router to not pass incoming traffic bound for
port 23. It's pretty simple.

Shannon

On Thu, 14 Jun 2001, McIllece wrote:

> My friend read or heard somewhere that his new Cisco 678 router provides some 
> level of security.  I found the manual online 
> (http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/dsl_prod/c600s/c678/) and saw 
> that it can be set up to do logging, but I couldn't find any security features 
> that would prevent intrusion into his computer behind the router.
> 
> Is there more to Cisco 678 security than just logging?
> 
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