That sounds like a good place to start, thanks and I will keep you posted.
I will also find out how much checkpoints firewall1 is and let you know. Andrew -- > From: Catie Flick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2002 10:35:15 +1100 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [SLUG] Firewalls > > On Wed, Feb 27, 2002 at 10:26:12AM +1100, Jeff Waugh wrote: >> <quote who="Matthew Palmer"> >> >>> Linux doesn't have 'firewall products', per se. You use one of ipfwadm, >>> ipchains, or iptables (depending on kernel version) to set up rules in the >>> kernel which are then used to block/allow/filter/redirect/<whatever> traffic >>> between interfaces. >> >> All of which are crazy-crack and hard to configure (the elitists in the back >> row can kiss my...) -> I believe the poster is looking for firewall >> configuration software, not the chunks of metal shavings that actually do >> the work down at the bottoms levels of Obscurity Central Station. > > Doing my usual plug for freshmeat ;) - there are a lot of projects around on > freshmeat - so many they're coming out of my ears! Well, not exactly. > Anyway, have a look around there - a new ratings system has come in recently > that might help you find a good one. > > Personally I've only ever used Bastille Linux to 'harden' a box, and have > sat down with the 'Linux Firewalls' book by Ziegler (excellent excellent > reference) and taught myself ip[chains|tables] because I didn't really trust > the script generators myself :-) > > HTH > > Catie > > -- > More humorous freshmeat contributors: > "How do I get it out of my computer? disconnect does not work, It comes > right back..I dont know how it got there in the first place...Thank you" > --- > http://www.liedra.net > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug > -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
