Re: firewalling behind NAT?

[Jonathan Q <jq@example.com>]

Thomas O'Dowd (tom@example.com) wrote:

> Since I'm not really filtering anything else right now, can a cracker
> somehow find away through my router to a NAT'd machine on the inside? I
> don't think so, but I could be wrong?

What happens if the cracker compromises the router?   Mmm-hmm, 
Houston, we have a problem :-)

It depends on your paranoia level, of course, but I'd
go ahead and firewall on the host, too.  Especially since they
make it so easy in RH 7.1,  you might as well.

Jonathan