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How do you have your home network set up? Is it secure enough?

I'm not selling anything, I'm just curious. What do people do to secure their networks at home? Do they even do anything?

For my day-to-day job, I manage two networks - mostly the stuff within those networks, and not the connections themselves. I know about the details of how networks function, and how to secure them, but want to look toward the next step.

There are quite a few ways to do it, and I think most people these days have a router connected to their Cable/DSL modem. If it's just the family computer connected straight out, that's a huge issue (assuming it's a Windows-based family). The router is probably enough, but then when the kids start using it...

Suggestions?

Not specifically for kids, but keeping people safe inside a home LAN, preferably cheap or free (software-wise). There's definitely the Astaro Security Gateway to look at, thanks to Leo Laporte and Steve Gibson. It'll go on a beige-box and takes care of a bunch of things from firewall and AV to Spam and content control. There's the *nix route, but I'm not sure I want to take on that much (although it would be a good learning experience).