Re: Firewalls and Wireless Routers

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From: Gary (cc_at_dd.com)
Date: 12/31/04 

Date: Sat, 1 Jan 2005 00:05:27 +1000

Ahh,k .

Even worms, trojans and the like will pass through the routers, because
their traffic came from within the protected network. In this case, a
software firewall would pick up a signature of suspicious activity and alert
the user. OK.

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