Its been 10yrs since I've messed with linux.. I dont' think I have the skills to manage a linux firewall box right now. but again what you are setting up is essentially a NAT and that would hurt my remote administration capabilities.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Harkins,Patrick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2003 8:23 AM Subject: RE: Firewall Info/Help - WorldCom > > How would that compare security-wise to running a windows box with Sygate? > > Is there a lot I am missing here? TIA, Patrick. > > > > > > I've stopped 28 spam messages. You can too! > > Get your free, safe spam protection at http://www.cloudmark.com/spamnetsig/ > > > > > > > > >-----Original Message----- > > >From: Jochem van Dieten [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >Sent: March 31, 2003 4:19 PM > > >To: CF-Community > > >Subject: Firewall Info/Help - WorldCom > > > > > > > > >SMR wrote: > > >>I have a client who has DSL access through WorldCom. They have 6 > > >>computers that each get static IP's through their setup. This is not > > >>the ideal setup since they are wide open to the internet and I don't > > >>believe their dsl router has any type of firewall built in. > > >One of the > > >>machines was hacked and a virus was left behind. I would rather not > > >>set up a NAT in this case because then it will be harder for me to do > > >>remote administration on their machines. I'm looking for a > > >solution of > > >>either putting a firewall on each machine or changing out the DSL > > >>router with one that has firewall built in. Anyone have any > > >>suggestions? > > > > > >If you have the spare hardware (486 with 16 MB will do), you > > >could also put > > >a machine in between that runs OpenBSD and takes over the > > >routing job from > > >the DSL router or runs proxy-ARP. PIX-quality firewall for a > > >fraction of the price :-) > > > > > > > > >> Anyone with knowledge/experience on a WorldCom setup ? > > > > > >Shouldn't really matter. It is either PPPoA/E, in which case > > >you let the > > >tunnel terminate on the OpenBSD system, or it is RFC 1483, in > > >which case you > > >set up the OpenBSD system to do proxy-ARP. > > > > > >Jochem > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
