RE: VMware: windows 2000 + guest linux...

[Luís Miguel Silva <lms () ispgaya pt>]

Hello again,

Please take a look at this document:
http://www.blackant.net/other/docs/howto-win-obsd-pf.php

It shows how to firewall windows with a openbsd (guest OS) inside vmware.

The reason i want to firewall my windows is because:
a) i need windows to work
b) i have lots of hardware that doenst get correctly bridged if i run
windows inside vmware
c) i need a linux box
d) i dont have space for an extra box running linux ;o)

so...the best choice would be to run linux inside vmware!

my problem is i cant get the dhcp ip :o|

(dont worry about "not being safe" hehehe....i think it's safer then letting
windows on the loose) :oP

Best regards,
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-----Mensagem original-----
De: Turner,Robbin J. [mailto:robbin () mitre org]
Enviada: quarta-feira, 12 de Março de 2003 17:38
Para: Luís Miguel Silva
Assunto: Re: VMware: windows 2000 + guest linux...


If you're trying to firewall your windows 2000 then the windows 2000
should be in the vmware not the otherway round.  A firewall has to be
before the thing you're trying to protect in your network.

--------           ------------         ----------
|       |          |          |         | Cable   |
|  W2k  |  ------> | Firewall | ----->  |  Modem  |
---------          ------------         -----------

You could try host based networking but you still have the main problem
that having your vmware be the firewall is like putting it behind the
thing you're trying to protect.


-----------          --------         ----------
|         |          |       |         | Cable   |
| Firewall|  ------> | Win2k | ----->  |  Modem  |
-----------          ---------         -----------

The way you discribe what you're doing is:


   ------------------------------
   |        Host OS              |             -----------
   |         Win2k               |             |  Cable   |
   |    -----------------        |  ---------> |  Modem   |
   |    |  Vmware        |       |             ------------
   |    |   Linux FW     | ----->|
   |    ------------------       |
   -------------------------------

Not quite an ideal way to run a firewall.

Hope this helps






Luís Miguel Silva wrote:
> Hello everybody,
>
> I have a windows 2000 Profissional running vmware workstation.
> My windows 2000 has got 2 network cards. One is my cable connection to the
> internet and the other one is a private network connection.
>
> I want to firewall my windows 2000 using linux inside vmware. The thing is
i
> get my internet ip by DHCP.
>
> Can anbydoy give me some pointers on how to configure vmware + linux so it
> firewalls my windows 2000?
>
> I tried a bridged network configuration on vmware but when i try to get an
> ip by dhcp on linux it simply times out.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> +-----------------------------------------
> | Luís Miguel Silva
> | Network Administrator@ ISPGaya.pt
> | Rua António Rodrigues da Rocha, 291/341
> | Sto. Ovídio • 4400-025 V. N. de Gaia
> | Portugal
> | T: +351 22 3745730/3/5  F: +351 22 3745738
> | G: +351 93 6371253      E: lms () ispgaya pt
> | H: http://lms.ispgaya.pt/
> +-----------------------------------------

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