Depends what kind of firewall you want to run - if you're looking for a dedicated firewall for a corporate network, you can't go past something like smoothwall or freeSco (free version of scounix) both of which can be run from a cd, which is nice and secure...
On the other hand, Atomic MPC magazine featured a step by step for a stateful firewall in issue 21 - a stateful firewall basically drops everything coming in, (so scanners don't even see your network) except for transmissions that originated on the inside of your network. It also handle forwarding and masquerading for a lan to connect it to the internet. You can get a complete script here: http://www.atomicmpc.com.au/downloads.asp HTH Toby --------------------------------------- Life is poetry - write it in your own words. --------------------------------------- Toby Tremayne Senior Technical Consultant Code Poet and Zen Master of the Heavy Sleep Lyricist Software www.lyricist.com.au 0416 048 090 ICQ: 13107913 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=14 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=14 Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.14
