On Sun, 27 Aug 2000, tabanna wrote:
~ does a FireWall HAVE to be on a separate 'puter, or, can it be a 'layer' on a stand-alone PC ?
No, it doesn't HAVE to be on a separate box, but it might be a good idea. The less programs and services a computer has running, the smaller the risk that one of these programs and services has a security hole that will render your firewall useless. It all depends on what level of security you want to achieve, and how sensitive the systems you will be protecting are. If it is just a small home network, I would put the firewall on the same box as a combined mail/web/file server. For a small company, I would suggest the following setup: Firewall with 3 network interfaces: 1 to the outside, 1 to the server park and 1 to the internal network. For a larger company I might even suggest a solution with 2 separate firewalls. Regards Ole -- Windows: Where do you want to go today? MacOS: Where do you want to be tomorrow? Linux: Are you coming or what? -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/support/faq