Amazing how people can (mis)interpret (unclear) comments as if they were crystal clear. They make assumptions. They read things in that are not there. It is truly entertaining, I never mentioned Linux. I never mentioned "desktop". Nor did I suggest Windows users would not be able to access the internet. Nor did I suggest the computer with IP forwarding enabled (call it what you like) needs to do everything a "firewall" does.
Indeed, I am writing this comment on such a commputer that runs a proxy for all the other computers. That's only because I like to experiment with different proxy configs.
Amazing how people can (mis)interpret (unclear) comments as if they were crystal clear. They make assumptions. They read things in that are not there. It is truly entertaining, I never mentioned Linux. I never mentioned "desktop". Nor did I suggest Windows users would not be able to access the internet. Nor did I suggest the computer with IP forwarding enabled (call it what you like) needs to do everything a "firewall" does.
Indeed, I am writing this comment on such a commputer that runs a proxy for all the other computers. That's only because I like to experiment with different proxy configs.