Next LUG meet: 9 Nov 2003 around 4 pm - VJTI -------------------------------------------- On 04/11/03 22:36 +0530, Dee at TechBeta wrote: <snip hardware config> > Web Server > Mail server > File Server > > And Squid for user access and firewall. Major overkill. Just make sure that the NICs have an Intel chipset and a large buffer (something which the rtl8139 based cards miss).
> But now I don't want like that...i want to use the server as router so that > I can control everything... > Is it possible to do it ? Yes. http://iptables-tutorial.frozentux.net/ > 3. I want something like login system to access the net for everyone.. what > script/ authentication system shall I use any idea ? You can use authentication for squid for web surfing, but that will not block application which do not go through squid. Personally, I would setup NIS/LDAP as centralized authentication and push firewall rules based on login and logout events for the LDAP server. Devdas Bhagat -- http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
