On Tue, 15 Jan 2002, Marc DVer wrote: > We are going to put in a linux box with IPChains. Also, we are going to put > in a hardware firewall in relay with the linux box. I know this sounds > paranoid, but we (meaning my company) are in a industry that is targeted by > certain orginizations who have been known to send mail bombs (via snail > mail), so hacking is not something we intend to ignore. > > Seriously, I know the dangers involved, and may get an outside consultant to > help out. > > Anyone know of a good tutorial for ipchains?
If you want to IPchains in a "appliance" sort of way, take a look at www.ipcop.org. Its a packaged Linux system with a GUI configuration setup. GPL, cant get much cheaper than that :-) > In terms of the hardware firewall, can someone make any recommendations? > This is for about 15 computers, which will eventually have a dsl connection, > but right now we have a dial-up. We can't afford a $10,000 solution, but we > need something reasonably secure and reliable. Ive had good luck with the Gnatbox (www.gnatbox.com). Joe Matuscak Rohrer Corporation 717 Seville Road Wadsworth, Ohio 44281 (330)335-1541 [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Firewalls mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.gnac.net/mailman/listinfo/firewalls
