Neil White wrote:
I have been asked by my boss to firewall a server that we have down in a datacentre, but I am a bit lost as to where to start.
[snip] If SuSE firewall2 doesn't suit, you might care to look at shorewall - see http://shorewall.sourceforge.net/ This comes as a package with Debian which I also use and seems excellent, though I'm only using it on a modest basis. It's got fair documentation and you won't have to write your own scripts unless you want to, just set up some config files. I've no idea how well it works with SuSE, though. Unless you have pretty demanding needs, SuSE firewall2 will probably do very well. It certainly has quite a few configuration options and it all runs off just one config file which keeps things simple! :) Fish