Setting up a firewall is probably redundant at this point with a Linksys router. However that being said there is a still a lot that can be done.
I bought a Usparc 1 machine from ebay for $15.00. It can with a 4 port ethernet card. I use this as my firewall. I have a separate DMZ for a webserver, and I have 2 internal networks, one wired and one wireless. I also run openvpn on the firewall that allows me vpn access to the wired network from the wireless, or anywhere else in the world. I use the shorewall client for a firewall itself. It's well documented and has a lot of flexibility and is easier to maintain and more thorough than crafting my own iptables ruleset. With a little work the Linksys router can be replaced. Sean On Sat, 2006-11-11 at 08:27 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I have a home network set up with a Linksys router and a Gigabit > swtich and was curious if it is possible or even feasible to install a > Linux Firewall between my DSL modem and the Linksys router. I am > currently running Fedora Core 5 for my Linux box and would like to > know where to gain informaiton on setting it as a firewall for my > network, or is there a better solution? > > Thanks > > Randy > _______________________________________________ > PDXLUG (a Portland Linux user group) mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlug.org/mailman/listinfo/pdxlug > IRC: irc.freenode.net #pdxlug & #orlug -- If a nation values anything more than freedom, it will lose its freedom; and the irony of it is that if it is comfort or money it values more, it will lose that, too. -- W. Somerset Maugham _______________________________________________ PDXLUG (a Portland Linux user group) mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlug.org/mailman/listinfo/pdxlug IRC: irc.freenode.net #pdxlug & #orlug
