Reckhard,
I guess I should have clarified, I currently have a firewall setup using
the PMFirewall script on a linux box. The typical setup with two nic
cards in the linux box, one for internal another for external. The
external card is tied to the cable modem. I have a 10Mb hub tied the
internal card and a PC and a Mac. I just purchased a linksys 5 port
switch and wanted to know the best way to set this up.
Thanks
"Reckhard, Tobias" wrote:
>
> Hi Ross
>
> > Is there any disadvantage to using a 10/100 switch with a home network
> > using NAT and a linux firewall. Is there somewhere online that describes
> > recommended setups?
> >
> Of course, if you want to know disadvantages you need to specify what you're
> comparing the setup described above to. And the above is not really very
> specific. The security of a setup lies to a great extent in the quality of
> the implementation. You can construct a pretty secure form of Internet
> access by using Linux boxes, but you can just as easily configure it totally
> open. It's all up to you, basically.
>
> I suggest you read the Firewall HOWTO, the IP-Masquerading HOWTO and grep
> the HOWTOs for 'Squid'. The latter is a good WWW proxy. I also suggest you
> install a mail relay on the gateway machine or in your perimeter, running
> postfix or qmail. Be careful about FTP. And any other protocols, basically.
>
> Regards
> --
> Tobias Reckhard
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