This is where to find the Wolverine distro. DMZ comes from military
terms.."Demilitarized Zone". DMZ is used by a network that wants to host
its own Internet services without sacrificing unauthorized access to its
private network.
The DMZ sits between the Internet and an internal network's line of defense,
usually some combination of firewalls and bastion hosts.
Typically, the DMZ contains devices accessible to Internet traffic, such as
Web (HTTP ) servers, FTP servers, SMTP (e-mail) servers and DNS servers.
Bestway to learn the networking stuff (in my humble opinion), is to play
with it. I was a nurse 3 years ago. Now am the Systems Administrator for
a state goverment branch and have already exceeded my nursing salary. Have
been "geeking-up" computers since 78'. Lost count of how many I have
broken/fixed ("what's that funny smoking smell?")
----- Original Message -----
From: "William Coulter" <wrcoulter30@yahoo.com>
To: <slug@nks.net>
Sent: Monday, November 11, 2002 8:47 PM
Subject: Re: [SLUG] Cable/DSL routers
>
> --- "Peter S." <ter450@tampabay.rr.com> wrote:
> > Good thread. I have worked with several solutions in the past. Using a
> > 486, I ran Coyote for about a year. Cool distro, runs off of a floppy.
I
> > also took out the HD and the fan for a more quiet operation. Then you
can
> > telnet into it (or SSH) to manage from with in the LAN. Not much use
for it
> > when it comes to more complex stuff. Mimimal support for VPN. The guy
that
> > turned out Coyote is now working on "Wolverine". More robust, but
requires
> > better hardware. Minimum of Pentium with HD or bootable CD ROM (to load
in
> > to RAM).
> >
>
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>
> I was thinking about this idea at the start, but I am the only user. I am
setting up a network at
> my house so that I can learn this stuff. I really would like a job that
deals with networking. I
> thought that if I have a home network with several different things in it,
I would have practice
> for the job.
> Where can I find the "wolverine"? I think that I have the hardware for
it.
>
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> > Linksys products are good for home networks. Allows for some
> > portforwarding, MAC spoofing (for those annoying DOCIS compliant modems
that
> > RR turns out), limited VPN and DMZ stuff (along with some of the other
> > things mentioned). I would suggest that, if you have not already
committed
> > to a wireless router/access point, keep your products seperate. The
routers
> > and wireless access points have been changing so much in the market,
that
> > one other other becomes obsolete with in a year.... they still work
fine,
> > but new products are constantly getting marketed so quickly, that the
> > hardware is rapidly become "old stuff". Wireless security has grown by
> > leaps and bounds. My main concern with it now is bandwidth. I don't
want a
> > neighbor "leaching" off of my bandwidth, when I download my 500meg
files.
> > I would love to get a wireless access point, but don't want to drop that
> > initial investment for the one with the decent encription... and 72meg
> > speed, along with NICs on 6-8 computers.
> >
>
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>
> What is DMZ?
>
>
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>
> > I did alot of research on what exactly I wanted, about 2 years ago, and
> > ended up with a $70 Actron router... not that I highly recommend it, but
has
> > some cool subneting, DMZ features. I might play around with the
"Wolverine"
> > router next, just to get more familiar with the command line features
that
> > it has. If you have a little money to play with... look for a Cisco PIX
> > 501. These have lots of features, DMZ, port forwarding, robust VPN, IDS
> > (intrusion detection), "stateful packet filtering" (let's you "wade"
through
> > you logs). You can get one off of E-bay, sometimes, for about $340...
they
> > run new at about $450. I use one at work (a PIX 515). We use this for
a
> > LAN with about 100 user and have an internet presense with about 6
servers
> > on our DMZ (one at work cost a bit more... $6000). The PIX 515 and the
501
> > have pretty much all of the same abilities, with the exception of the
number
> > of clients and the 501 does not have any "fail over" features.
> >
>
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> The Cisco PIX 501 or 515 would be great if I had the money for it.
>
> William
>
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