RE: Linux firewall options

["Moore, James" <James.Moore () MSFC NASA GOV>]

You may want to check the archives for this list... there has been a
considerable amount of discussion related to this recently. FWIW, follwing
are some resources that were of interest to me:

A book: "Building Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls", by Sonnenreich and Yates

Drawbridge firewall developed at TAMU (my alma mater, so it must be good!)
http://net.tamu.edu/drawbridge/index.html

IP Filter: http://cheops.anu.edu.au/~avalon/ip-filter.html

Hope this helps.

Jim Moore
256.461.4381

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mayne, Peter [SMTP:Peter.Mayne () compaq com]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2000 7:05 PM
> To:   firewall-wizards () nfr net
> Subject:      Linux firewall options
>
> Given Linux (say RedHat 6.0 or greater) as a base, what options are
> available to build firewalls? Is there a "Linux firewalls" site somewhere?
>
> ipchains is an obvious place to start for basic packet filtering
> functionality, but I'd prefer something more substantial. I could use
> Apache
> or Squid (depending on circumstances) as a Web proxy, for instance.
>
> I don't think FWTK can be used in a commercial environment because of the
> license restrictions. Is there something similar out there that is
> otherwise
> usable?
>
> I realise this is a "how long is a piece of string?" type question, but
> there must be different packages, freeware, shareware, open source,
> commercial, etc suitable for different uses.
>
> PJDM
> ----
> Peter Mayne, Compaq Computer Australia, Canberra, ACT
> These are my opinions, and have nothing to do with Compaq.
> "The wise man knows that he knows nothing." - Bill. "That's us, dude!" -
> Ted.