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Hmmm. Apache is just a web server isn't it? If you mean using the linux as
a firewall and running apache as well, that's possible. Conventional
wisdom says that a firewall box (of which Linux is a very good candidate)
should have as few additional services as possible, so putting apache on
top of it would violate that wisdom. Still it is possible, but I would
recommend two Linux boxes: one for a firewall and the other for the apache
web server which can be outside of the firewall (if you want an internet
and/or intranet) or inside (if you want an intranet alone):

Internet <----------------->Firewall Box <-----------------> Internal
Network
                                                   |
                                           Apache Server (in DMZ)

The firewall could be a masquerading or proxy type. The /usr/doc/HOWTO
files with RH 5.x contain excellent help on how to make all this happen.

Paul Robertson wrote:

> Our office has a NT4 server and a network of 25 pc's. We use MS Proxy
> Server to allow internet access but for the moment we are not allowing
> any incoming traffic. I want to connect it to the internet via our
> ISDN connection. An industrial strength firewall is called for. I have
> priced commercial firewalls but they are quite expensive. I wondered
> whether we could run Apache as a firewall on a separate server under
> Linux..
>
> Suggestions..
>
> Paul Robertson
> Auckland
> prob@usa.net <home>
> par@heaneyco.co.nz <work>



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