Re: [CentOS] Do I need a dedicated firewall?

2013-12-12 Thread Nux!
On 12.12.2013 05:00, Jason T. Slack-Moehrle wrote: Hi All, So my electricity bill is through the roof and I need to pair down some equipment. I have a CentOS 6.5 Server (a few TB, 32gb RAM) running some simple web stuff and Zimbra. I have 5 static IP's from Comcast. I am considering

Re: [CentOS] Do I need a dedicated firewall?

2013-12-12 Thread Mike Burger
I used to run everything in a similar manner, behind an IPCop system. The UVerse gateway doesn't handle multiple IPs on the same interface, when plugged directly into the gateway, so I wound up ditching the IPCop system and using my server as both the server and a firewall/router as you're asking

Re: [CentOS] Do I need a dedicated firewall?

2013-12-12 Thread m . roth
Mike Burger wrote: I used to run everything in a similar manner, behind an IPCop system. The UVerse gateway doesn't handle multiple IPs on the same interface, when plugged directly into the gateway, so I wound up ditching the IPCop system and using my server as both the server and a

Re: [CentOS] Do I need a dedicated firewall?

2013-12-12 Thread Fred Smith
On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 09:00:25PM -0800, Jason T. Slack-Moehrle wrote: Hi All, So my electricity bill is through the roof and I need to pair down some equipment. I have a CentOS 6.5 Server (a few TB, 32gb RAM) running some simple web stuff and Zimbra. I have 5 static IP's from Comcast. I

Re: [CentOS] Do I need a dedicated firewall?

2013-12-12 Thread Matt Garman
On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 11:00 PM, Jason T. Slack-Moehrle slackmoeh...@gmail.com wrote: So my electricity bill is through the roof and I need to pair down some equipment. If you are in the USA, get yourself a Kill-a-Watt power meter. I'm sure other parts of the world have similar products.

Re: [CentOS] Do I need a dedicated firewall?

2013-12-12 Thread m . roth
Fred Smith wrote: On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 09:00:25PM -0800, Jason T. Slack-Moehrle wrote: Hi All, So my electricity bill is through the roof and I need to pair down some equipment. I have a CentOS 6.5 Server (a few TB, 32gb RAM) running some simple web stuff and Zimbra. I have 5 static

Re: [CentOS] Do I need a dedicated firewall?

2013-12-12 Thread m . roth
Matt Garman wrote: On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 11:00 PM, Jason T. Slack-Moehrle slackmoeh...@gmail.com wrote: So my electricity bill is through the roof and I need to pair down some equipment. If you are in the USA, get yourself a Kill-a-Watt power meter. I'm sure other parts of the world

Re: [CentOS] Do I need a dedicated firewall?

2013-12-12 Thread Warren Young
On 12/11/2013 22:00, Jason T. Slack-Moehrle wrote: I have a CentOS 6.5 Server (a few TB, 32gb RAM) running some simple web stuff and Zimbra. I have 5 static IP's from Comcast. I am considering giving this server a public IP and plugging it directly into my cable modem. This box can handle

Re: [CentOS] Do I need a dedicated firewall?

2013-12-12 Thread Les Mikesell
On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 11:00 PM, Jason T. Slack-Moehrle slackmoeh...@gmail.com wrote: Hi All, So my electricity bill is through the roof and I need to pair down some equipment. I have a CentOS 6.5 Server (a few TB, 32gb RAM) running some simple web stuff and Zimbra. I have 5 static IP's

Re: [CentOS] Do I need a dedicated firewall?

2013-12-12 Thread Paul Heinlein
On Wed, 11 Dec 2013, Jason T. Slack-Moehrle wrote: Hi All, So my electricity bill is through the roof and I need to pair down some equipment. I have a CentOS 6.5 Server (a few TB, 32gb RAM) running some simple web stuff and Zimbra. I have 5 static IP's from Comcast. I am considering

Re: [CentOS] Do I need a dedicated firewall?

2013-12-12 Thread Mike Burger
Mike Burger wrote: I used to run everything in a similar manner, behind an IPCop system. The UVerse gateway doesn't handle multiple IPs on the same interface, when plugged directly into the gateway, so I wound up ditching the IPCop system and using my server as both the server and a

Re: [CentOS] Do I need a dedicated firewall?

2013-12-12 Thread m . roth
Mike Burger wrote: Mike Burger wrote: I used to run everything in a similar manner, behind an IPCop system. The UVerse gateway doesn't handle multiple IPs on the same interface, when plugged directly into the gateway, so I wound up ditching the IPCop system and using my server as both the

Re: [CentOS] Do I need a dedicated firewall?

2013-12-12 Thread John R Pierce
On 12/12/2013 9:56 AM, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: You misunderstand me: I have the router plugged into the phone co. router, going into my router's uplink port. so you have two layers of network address translation? or is one or the other of those 'routers' set to bridge ? -- john r pierce

Re: [CentOS] Do I need a dedicated firewall?

2013-12-12 Thread m . roth
John R Pierce wrote: On 12/12/2013 9:56 AM, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: You misunderstand me: I have the router plugged into the phone co. router, going into my router's uplink port. so you have two layers of network address translation? or is one or the other of those 'routers' set to bridge

Re: [CentOS] Do I need a dedicated firewall?

2013-12-12 Thread John R Pierce
On 12/12/2013 10:24 AM, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: so you have two layers of network address translation? or is one or the other of those 'routers' set to bridge ? Not exactly: I just have my router in a different 192.168 address space than the phone company one. As I said, I plugged the uplink

Re: [CentOS] Do I need a dedicated firewall?

2013-12-12 Thread SilverTip257
On Thu, Dec 12, 2013 at 11:22 AM, Warren Young war...@etr-usa.com wrote: I'd keep the separate firewall, but put it on more efficient hardware. You should be able to do this in about 5 W. At 11 cents per kWh, that's about $5 per year if it runs continually. I suspect it could actually be

[CentOS] Do I need a dedicated firewall?

2013-12-11 Thread Jason T. Slack-Moehrle
Hi All, So my electricity bill is through the roof and I need to pair down some equipment. I have a CentOS 6.5 Server (a few TB, 32gb RAM) running some simple web stuff and Zimbra. I have 5 static IP's from Comcast. I am considering giving this server a public IP and plugging it directly into my