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Re: firewalls
From: "H. Kurth Bemis" <kurth () kurthbemis com>
Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2009 15:41:59 -0500
Damian wrote:
So I need some advice on firewall security. I use ubuntu servers at work and am very comfortable with debian. At work we have a cisco piz firewall....however another smaller company we help doesn't have the budget or staff for a pix firewall. I was considering using a distro like redwall or smoothwall and was wondering if anyone had any experience with dedicated distros like these. Also do these distros offer better security then larger installations?
I'm a fan of iptables on linux (CentOS for me) and pf on OpenBSD. To get a iptables firewall up and running quickly I generally use shorewall (http://www.shorewall.net) to get a base set of rules in place, and then tweak the rules as needed. For pf checkout the OpenBSD manual at OpenBSD.org (http://www.openbsd.org) Also check out smoothwall (http://www.smoothwall.org/). I've heard a lot about m0n0wall, but never used it. I think it lives at http://www.m0n0wall.ch. Google would know. ~kurth
Current thread:
- firewalls Damian (Jan 12)
- RE: firewalls Emilio Morla (Jan 12)
- Re: firewalls xgermx (Jan 12)
- Re: firewalls H. Kurth Bemis (Jan 12)
- Re: firewalls Rick Rune (Jan 12)
- Re: firewalls Benjamin Langtry (Jan 13)
- Re: firewalls pUm (Jan 13)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- Re: firewalls stcroix111 (Jan 12)
- Re: firewalls Morgan Reed (Jan 13)
- RE: firewalls Wilson (Jan 13)
- RE: firewalls Tim Clewlow (Jan 14)
- Fw: firewalls john . b . williams (Jan 14)