Try looking at the section on firewalling at the link pretty good info on testing and rule design. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/linag2/book/index.html
---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: Matt Kopishke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2000 09:07:22 -0500 (EST) >Hi, I need to implement a firewall at work. It will be for the most part >a pretty simple set up. I am going to set one of our Linux Boxes between >the Router and the Switch. The Box has 3 NICs, one for the router side, >one for the switch, and one for a backup cable connection. We have a >block of IPs, and we will need to get to machines behind the firewall from >the out side so I don't want to use ipmasq. What I plan on doing is just >using ipchains to shutoff any unused ports, and strip the box of any >questionable software (ie ssh instead of telnet). Has any one tried such a >set up? And if they have could you pass on any pointers or things to >watch out for? I also see there are a few packages out there to aid >setup, how well do they work? > >Thanks, > > -Matt- > > -----------------------+----------------------------------------------+ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | > http://www.flni.com | A long time ago, in a state far, far away... | > Web Guru, Perl jocky, | OKLAHOMA! | > Linux bum, etc... | http://www.waldotheatre.org | > --Debian GNU/Linux-- | | > -----------------------+----------------------------------------------+ > > >-- >Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > >
