Re: [SLUG] Question about firewalls and ports.

From: Russell Hires (rhires@earthlink.net)
Date: Thu Apr 25 2002 - 22:21:21 EDT


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Okay, so I'm not Derek, and not a firewall expert. You could try coyote linux
(www.coyotelinux.com). I think that Paul F has mentioned it a few times on
this list. It's a 1 floppy distro, and it does firewalls. Doesn't even
require a harddrive!

Russell

On Thursday 25 April 2002 21:30 pm, you wrote:
> On Wednesday 24 April 2002 11:02 L, you wrote:
> > A reminder to everyone that my presentation on Linux-based firewalls is
> > available on the web:
> >
> > http://www.illusionary.com/~dglidden/linux-fw/
> >
> > It's sort of a "dummy's guide to making a linux box into a firewall" to
> > show you basic iptables commands and, more importantly, covers the basic
> > rules of firewall design and security in general:
> >
> > * Deny by default
> >
> > * Trust no one
> >
> > * Complexity is your enemy
> >
> > * Security is a process, not a product
>
> Derek,
> I am trying to set up a firewall machine, that is all it is going to do
> is be a fire wall for our office. I am using RH 7.2 and tried to select
> as little stuff as possible it still stuffed 330m of stuff on the HD. How
> would you go about reducing that down to only that needed to run
> the firewall?

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