On Thu, 2004-05-27 at 13:47 +0800, Eric Noel wrote: > Thanks for the replies. im more concerned on the security aspect, ive > done 3 nic firewall using shorewall for one company but its not a > financial company. Currently, i have someone who wants to implement a > comapny wide firewall using debian. My only concern if its really secure > to use debian (specifically bf24 and a few binaries e.g shorewall) to > protect the company. ive read somewhere of using selinux implementation, > bastille, etc to really secure a distribution, but is this necessary > wouldnt debian hold off intrusions etc?
The setup i made a year ago was initially designed to protect some pertinent information like tax records and the like. That being said, by default, any Cisco appliance or Unix system would need configurations to make it work to the desired environment. Debian installs are usually very minimal, so you could just add up the components you really need to make it apt for the task at hand - which in this case is to be a firewall. It's not anymore a question about the distribution to apply (I simply don't subscribe to marketing hype of 'secure by default' :D), but rather the processes done to make and keep it secure. -- Paolo Alexis Falcone [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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