Re: Firewalls

What about MAC filtering to control which machines can
access WiFi or wired, can reject at the router and again in
a software firewall.


"Malke" <notreally@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:OU63tD8ZHHA.4888@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
| Claymore wrote:
| > Hello Bill,
| >
| > But no one can share (access) files on your computer
unless they have
| > the same workgroup name. If you name your workgroup
something very
| > unique, the chances of another computer having the same
workgroup
| > name, and the single IP address you've allowed, and
getting by your
| > firewall, and being able to crack your wireless
password, are so
| > remote as to be impossible.
| >
|
| Please quote at least some of the post to which you are
replying. Your
| reply is incorrect regarding non-Vista MS operating
systems. While the
| name of the Workgroup seems to matter in Vista, machines
running other
| MS operating systems can share files/printers without
being in the same
| Workgroup, Workgroups being merely a cosmetic and
organizational device
| and providing no security whatsoever.
|
| Here is the OP's question:
|
| ****
| Is anyone aware of a firewall for XP which allows one to
set up a
| trusted zone based on network name or host name or some
such in addition
| to IP address?
|
| Basically I'd like the firewall to open up my laptop to
access from a
| particular machine on my home wifi network for backup and
file sharing,
| but to NOT allow access when I travel with wifi. IP
address alone is
| insufficient as those may be duplicated on other wifi
networks.
| ****
|
| I believe that the OP can just not set file/printer
sharing to ON on the
| wireless connection, but there is no way for the computer
on the home
| network to know whether the laptop is traveling or not.
Perhaps what he
| wants to do could be managed by creating a new user on the
home machine
| and the laptop and giving that user alone share
privileges. Or defer the
| connection to the laptop until he returns home.
|
|
| Malke
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