On Fri, 2003-07-11 at 05:09, Ray Leach wrote:
This is slightly off topic. It would probably be better suited to the netfilter mailing list (http://www.netfilter.org/).
Use one PC as router/firewall/proxy/gateway ... we do this for 4 networks on a single PC with 128MB RAM, a lot cheaper than a Cisco 1610 or above ...
Ray
This is great if you have a small office on a tight budget. But how do you place a price on the security of your network and proprietary data? In the case of security I always buy the "best" product for the job and find it better to use seperate boxes for the router and firewall to help make it harder to break into the network. Ken
On Fri, 2003-07-11 at 10:53, Socrates Alichanides wrote:
Hi list,
I have just been appointed net admin at the company I work for. Although I have some experience with Suse Linux and networks I have not yet delt with firewall configuration etc. The problem: We are considering installing an ADSL connection (newly available in Greece) and I were discussing whether to use a PC as the firewall/router or a Cisco router. The problem is mainly a security one as having a static IP enables someone on the Internet to attack us. Also is there any reason for the firewall and router software to run on separate machines? Is there any set-up anyone would propose for the network? There won't be any web server at least for a couple of months or more. The only computers needing access to the Internet will be our mail server (?) and about 5 PCs.
If this is of topic for the list can somebody please point me to any other?
Socrates Alichanides (MIEE) Engineer