[olug] Linux firewalls

[Eric Penne]

Linksys makes a firewall/router that is available at Best Buy or
wherever.  Ask Jason whether they are worth it or not.  Maybe he has a
cheap one he will sell you.  Generally they have a RJ-45 ethernet
connector in and one or more switched RJ-45 10/100 connectors out.

ERic


--- "Schmeits, Roger" <schmeits at clarksoncollege.edu> wrote:
> Thank you replying.  Could you expand on your comment of
> "There are even small and relatively cheap network appliance you can
> get locally to do that job..."
> 
> Roger
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Phil Brutsche [mailto:pbrutsch at creighton.edu]
> Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2001 11:01 AM
> To: olug at bstc.net
> Subject: Re: [olug] Linux firewalls
> 
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> A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far way, someone said...
> 
> > Could anyone recommend any good Linux firewalls books and/or web
> > sites??
> 
> http://members.home.net/ipmasq/
> 
> > Does anyone have a preference on which Linux/Unix Firewall flavor??
> 
> Debian
> 
> > Good, bad, don't care!?.
> 
> If it's not Debian it sucks :) (imnsho)
> 
> > I am looking at (maybe)building a small network (50 nodes) with a
> > Linux/Unix firewall (OpenBSD???)& dhcp server.
> 
> Either OpenBSD or Linux will work fine in that situation.  But be
> aware
> that if you need more advanced router capabilities than just NAT then
> OpenBSD won't fit the bill - afaik Linux is the only free unix-type
> OS
> that understands policy routing and QoS.  But since you're just
> getting
> into routers you probably don't know what those are; thus you won't
> be
> using them and OpenBSD will work fine :)
> 
> > We are considering purchasing some type internet connection for one
> of
> > our remote sites and would love to come up with some type of Linux
> > solution.  The users will be mainly using it for email and internet
> > surfing.
> 
> Linux will work fine.  Hell, almost all modern operating systems will
> work
> fine!  There are even small and relatively cheap network appliance
> you can
> get locally to do that job...
> 
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