On Sat, Jul 16, 2011 at 2:56 PM, Drew <drew.kay at gmail.com> wrote: >> not to mention danger of PC's bypassing your one-NIC firewall and >> unsafely connecting to the outside. > > That I think is the biggest danger with a one NIC setup. > > Linux boxen may be safe(r) (then windows) from being infected or > hacked but just one malicious machine can bypass the security in place > if you don't logically *and* physically separate your subnets. > > > -- > Drew > You can have the same problem with a multi-NIC firewall, by the way. -- Kind Regards Rudi Ahlers SoftDux Website: http://www.SoftDux.com Technical Blog: http://Blog.SoftDux.com Office: 087 805 9573 Cell: 082 554 7532