Re: [expert] server question

2000-08-17 Thread Gavin Clark
on 8/17/00 7:33 AM, John Aldrich wrote: > On Wed, 16 Aug 2000, you wrote: >> Thus spake Tony McGee ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): >> [...] >>> Firewalling works by selectively blocking off access to certain Internet >>> Protocol ports. It's recommended to have a single dedicated machine as a >>> firewall

Re: [expert] server question

2000-08-17 Thread John Aldrich
On Wed, 16 Aug 2000, you wrote: > Thus spake Tony McGee ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > [...] > > Firewalling works by selectively blocking off access to certain Internet > > Protocol ports. It's recommended to have a single dedicated machine as a > > firewall and a second one as an internal mail/web serve

Re: [expert] server question

2000-08-16 Thread Ellick Chan
On Wed, 16 Aug 2000, Deryk Barker wrote: > For those of us without the time to spend and who can afford it, > Linksys (I'm pretty sure) make a CABLE/DSL/Firewall/10-100 Ethernet > switch all in one box which retails for $299 Cdn (so presumably around > $200 US). > > I haven't got around to this

Re: [expert] server question

2000-08-16 Thread Deryk Barker
Thus spake Tony McGee ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): [...] > Firewalling works by selectively blocking off access to certain Internet > Protocol ports. It's recommended to have a single dedicated machine as a > firewall and a second one as an internal mail/web server but if you're short on > machines you ca

Re: [expert] server question

2000-08-16 Thread Tony McGee
On Wed, 16 Aug 2000, Joseph S. Gardner pushed some tiny letters in this order: > > > > > > > For a small SOHO network it doesn't sound bad at all. What > > sort of trouble were you expecting? > > > > Linux." ? Any operating system is better than Win3.x! ;-) > > > > Tony > > Just concerned abo

Re: [expert] server question

2000-08-16 Thread Ellick Chan
On Wed, 16 Aug 2000, Joseph S. Gardner wrote: > Is it practical / advisable to set up a single machine to act as > a firewall/email/web server or am I looking for MAJOR trouble. Traditionally, a firewall should have nothing but ssh running on it. If the e-mail/web services are compromised, the f

Re: [expert] server question

2000-08-16 Thread Benjamin Reed
> Just concerned about the firewall setup I suppose... Not quite > certain how to set it up to allow email in, web surfing in, and > still protect my internal network. > > I REALLY don't understand how firewalling works and if I can > keep everything on the same network yet protected. The way i

Re: [expert] server question

2000-08-16 Thread Daniel Woods
> Tony McGee wrote: > > On Wed, 16 Aug 2000, Joseph S. Gardner pushed some tiny letters in this order: > > > Is it practical / advisable to set up a single machine to act as > > > a firewall/email/web server or am I looking for MAJOR trouble. > > > > > > I'm trying to run a SOHO with limited resou

Re: [expert] server question

2000-08-16 Thread burk
On Wed, 16 Aug 2000, Joseph S. Gardner wrote: > > Just concerned about the firewall setup I suppose... Not quite > certain how to set it up to allow email in, web surfing in, and > still protect my internal network. I'm assumming the usual IPMasquerading/Firewall set up here. If the firewall

Re: [expert] server question

2000-08-16 Thread Mike Rambo
"Joseph S. Gardner" wrote: > > Is it practical / advisable to set up a single machine to act as > a firewall/email/web server or am I looking for MAJOR trouble. > > I'm trying to run a SOHO with limited resources/computers but > still need all the goodies. > Practical - yes. Advisable - depen

Re: [expert] server question

2000-08-16 Thread Joseph S. Gardner
Tony McGee wrote: > > On Wed, 16 Aug 2000, Joseph S. Gardner pushed some tiny letters in this order: > > Is it practical / advisable to set up a single machine to act as > > a firewall/email/web server or am I looking for MAJOR trouble. > > > > I'm trying to run a SOHO with limited resources/comp

Re: [expert] server question

2000-08-16 Thread John Aldrich
On Wed, 16 Aug 2000, you wrote: > Is it practical / advisable to set up a single machine to act as > a firewall/email/web server or am I looking for MAJOR trouble. > > I'm trying to run a SOHO with limited resources/computers but > still need all the goodies. > My suggestion would be two compute

Re: [expert] server question

2000-08-16 Thread Tony McGee
On Wed, 16 Aug 2000, Joseph S. Gardner pushed some tiny letters in this order: > Is it practical / advisable to set up a single machine to act as > a firewall/email/web server or am I looking for MAJOR trouble. > > I'm trying to run a SOHO with limited resources/computers but > still need all th

[expert] server question

2000-08-16 Thread Joseph S. Gardner
Is it practical / advisable to set up a single machine to act as a firewall/email/web server or am I looking for MAJOR trouble. I'm trying to run a SOHO with limited resources/computers but still need all the goodies. Thanks, -- Joseph S Gardner Senior Designer / Technical Support Kirby Co., C