Hi Peter,
Your dilema, is quite typical, however you are far ahead of most would be system
admins. The majority would simply throw the system together, completely oblivious of
the ensuing nightmare.
Here's whats going to happen:
You're going to put the website up (and probably soon thereafter a mail server).
Immediately after your web/mail servers are in production, 1000 wannabe hackers (and 2
very good ones) are going to compromise your system and use it to lauch attacks
against NASA, the FBI, the White House etc etc..
Next, whatever agency gets pissed off the most is going to call the NSA (National
Security Agency) who is going to come to your little office and TAKE EVERYTHING YOU
OWN.
Granted this is Worst_Case_Scenario, however don't be surprised. Id suggest getting
Linux6.1 (which is Free) and throw it on a little 486 PC with 2 nics. Check out the
following link for more specific details:
http://www.redhat.com/mirrors/LDP/HOWTO/Firewall-HOWTO.html
Good luck..
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Marc Renner - Director
Network Operations Dept.
City of Marysville, Wa.
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I am currently setting up an 128k ISDN line inside a Mac Ethernet (MacOSX) and I am
wondering how important a firewall would be (if we need one there is an old Performa)
for a small office that really just needs the network for a small HL or Carracho
server, and a low traffic webpage. I am also wondering about how fast would you think
a 128k ISDN line (not dedicated) on average.
Thank you so much for your help,
Peter Pienkowski
BadBook Computers
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