Hi, a good book is robert l. ziegler: "linux firewalls" published by New Riders Publishing (german translation: "linux firewalls" published by Markt+Technik. It's about ipchains & brothers, very effectiv and not too technical... yours Andy * Pascal MiQUET (Fre, 02 Feb 2001): * * Thanks for your reply. That's what I was thinking... * Do you have any proposal for books ? * Should I first start reading the how to ? * * Few days ago, I read a mail concerning someone who make a firewall with a system with only a floppy disk (no hard disk). * Is it a good way to set a firewall ? * What's about the system ? 486, Pentium, ... and memory ? * * Thanks * Pasca MiQUET * ----- Original Message ----- * From: Alexander Bien * To: Pascal MiQUET * Sent: Friday, February 02, 2001 5:24 PM * Subject: RE: [suse-security] All in one box ! Is it a good solution ? * * * Hi, * dont run any services on the firewall .. thats what a DMZ is to be used for .. * * Read a book about firewall architektures.. * * * -- * * Mit freundlichen Grüßen * * Alexander Bien * * -- * PIRONET NDH * Alexander Bien - Technical Assistant - SBU Services * Josef-Lammerting-Allee 14-18, 50933 Cologne - Germany * Tel.: +49 (0)172 7760569 - Fax: +49 (0)221 770 2815 * mailto:abien@pironet.com - http://www.pironet.com