Re: Getting Windows XP To Act as NAT Server

"Chuck" <none@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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When you see decent NAT routers available for as little as $10 after
rebate, why
gamble?

In case you have not use the VMWare Server virtual machine software before,
it creates "virtual network adapters" between the host computer and the
virtual machines. In this model, the host creates a virtual switch fabric
corresponding to each of the networks for the virtual adapters.

There is no place in this model to plug in an NAT hardware router. The NAT
capability must exist in some form on the host computer or the virtual
machines do not get NAT.


And yes, Steve, the currently known exploit uses a hostile computer on the
LAN
as the attack medium. But that's why we have WF in the first place - to
protect
each computer from the other. If you recognise that need, you must
recognise
the need to prevent that protection from being tampered with.

And I would probably go farther than that and point out that the risk is
seldom from direct attack from the outside. These days most compromises
happen when users visit web sites and install trojans as active/x controls.
Once a host is taken over from inside, the inside host becomes the mechanism
for attacking other hosts on the internal network.


Use one computer for doing the web browsing, and another for sharing the
service, and sharing it in safety. Don't mix the two. Certainly not to
save as
little as less than one months web service.

If I could fix the performance problem I am trying to fix, I would probably
start doing all of my web browsing inside of virtual machines. They can
have their state checkpointed and easily recovered to a known point in time
after you begin to suspect a problem inside the VM.

--
Will



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