Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-security (297 mails)

["Lukas Feiler" <lukas.feiler@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi list,

I have multiple dedicated servers at a provider that does not offer a
firewall. Nor is it possible to get a second network interface for one of
the servers and configure it as a firewall. I was therefore thinking of
reconfiguring one of the servers as a firewall with a physical interface to
the outside world and a virtual interface to the inside. The internal
interface of the firewall and all servers would be assigned a private IP
address. The firewall would perform DNAT for the servers.

What are your security concerns about this setup?
Note: I really need a firewall for the servers because they are running
Win2K & Win2K3.

The setup is like this:

                #
                #
                #  eth0 (public IP)
       ####################
       #                  #
       #    FIREWALL      #
       #  (performs DNAT) #
       ####################
                # eth0:0 (private IP)
                # 
              ## ##   
 (private IP)#     # (private IP)
     ##########   ##########
     #        #   #        #
     #  SRV1  #   #  SRV2  #
     #        #   #        #
     ##########   ##########


thanx,
Lukas