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Article #749Re: help req. firewalls??
From: Stephen Schwetz
Date: Thu, 05 Nov 1998 00:00
Date: Thu, 05 Nov 1998 00:00
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IPFWADM is also very simple to set up if you only want a simple firewall If you have ICQ you can message me. My ICQ#:20451856 My current status is: If you don't have ICQ you can page me through my Personal Communication Center: http://wwp.mirabilis.com/20451856 (go there and try it!) Or You can send me a regular e-mail to my EmailExpress address: 20451856@pager.mirabilis.com If you want to be added to my Contact List click Add Me Download ICQ at http://www.icq.com/ Include your ICQ details in YOUR e-mail signature: http://www.icq.com/emailsig.html My Work Telephone Number is: +61 2 49523480 My Fax Number is: +61 49523480 My Home Telephone Number is: +61 2 49523480 My Web Pages are at: http://white.aljan.com.au/~darteng/ You can e-mail me at darteng@aljan.com.au Stephen Schwetz HOTZ Software Zebee Johnstone <zebee@zip.com.au> wrote in message slrn741g49.a6c.zebee@zipper.zip.com.au... >In aus.computers.linux on Wed, 04 Nov 1998 19:44:49 GMT >Debbie Seltitz <dseltitz@*no*spam*dipix.com> wrote: >>We are looking to set up a firewall on linux and I would like to get >>some feedback from people who are alrready doing this. How is it >>working? Do you have many problems? I've also heard that there are >>free versions of firewalls. Where would I find this information? And >>if they are not very reliable does anyone know of a good commercial >>firewall to run on Linux? Any help or information you can give me >>will be greatly appreciated. > >See the TIS "FWTK - Firewall Tool Kit" from Trusted Information >Systems - www.tis.com. Search on fwtk or Firewall TOol Kit. > >As to how easy it is to set up, I have done two of them and >found it easy to do following the documentation, but I can't >say how easy it would be for anyone else. Depends on how >skilled you are in general concepts, what you know about mail >and web and TCP/IP and DNS. You don't need to know heaps >but if you know nothing you won't get far. > > >Whether you use a software solution or the ipfwadm packet filter >depends on a number of things. I preferred the software because >oif the logging, if you don't need logging or password authentication >then ipfwadm may be enough for you. > >Zebee >-- >SAGE-AU: The System Administrator's Guild. www.sage-au.org.au > To advance the profession of System Administration by raising > awareness of the need for System Administrators, and educating > System Administrators in technical as well as professional issues.
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f906c,c4cae89ea5cc3f03 X-Google-Attributes: gidf906c,public X-Google-Thread: 1101c9,c4cae89ea5cc3f03 X-Google-Attributes: gid1101c9,public X-Google-Thread: 100c5f,c4cae89ea5cc3f03 X-Google-Attributes: gid100c5f,public X-Google-Thread: 102983,c4cae89ea5cc3f03 X-Google-Attributes: gid102983,public X-Google-Thread: 10a997,c4cae89ea5cc3f03 X-Google-Attributes: gid10a997,public From: "Stephen Schwetz" <darteng@aljan.com.au> Subject: Re: help req. firewalls?? Date: 1998/11/05 Message-ID: <910212178.808310@janus.aljan.com.au> X-Deja-AN: 408436674 Cache-Post-Path: janus.aljan.com.au!unknown@port-85.aljan.com.au References: <3644ae65.21407802@news.magmacom.com> <slrn741g49.a6c.zebee@zipper.zip.com.au> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.0518.4 X-Complaints-To: abuse@telstra.net X-Trace: nsw.nnrp.telstra.net 910216157 203.26.188.94 (Thu, 05 Nov 1998 08:49:17 EST) Organization: Aljan.Net Internet -- Phone +61 2 49577959 NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 05 Nov 1998 08:49:17 EST Newsgroups: alt.linux,alt.os.linux.slackware,alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions,at.linux,aus.computers.linux