Joyce, Matthew wrote:
Should I ask for all access control to be removed from the ip address of the box, and then secure the box within debian, or is it well worth having thatextra level of security on the router ?
It is worth the security of the router.Unless you are very very very sure that you will never make any mistake in configuring your box you risk your entire network if someone can get through your security. With the router you only have to secure the services that you're actually using.
Chris