D, On first look I found IPCop to be confusing. Not because it is but because I made it so. As I prepare to build another box this weekend I realize now that it's not as hard as I thought. This change in perception comes from building, modifying, and breaking it repeatedly. A full install with two nics, red and green, should take about 10 to 15 minutes after you know what to look for. Three nics add another minute and wireless, well who knows. I haven't gotten to that state yet.
VFXWeb.com has plenty of nics at excellent prices ranging from $0.45 to $11.00 each. The good thing is that the 3Com 3C905's have a lifetime warranty and can be RMA'd if they fail. I've never had an issue replacing them if they fail. Concerning running Orange on Green, that would compromise the green side I believe. Another nic is in order here. There are plenty of pages that will help you out with this project. Here are a few: http://www.ipcop.org/ - IPCop Home Page http://sourceforge.net/projects/ipcop/ - IPCop on Sourceforge http://firewalladdons.sourceforge.net/ - Cool addons here (I use some here) http://www.advproxy.net/ - Advanced Web Proxy add-on http://urlblacklist.com/ - Add this to the Proxy server With these combined you have a Firewall\Web Proxy\Content Filter with Blacklists, Whitelists and User authentication if desired. HTH, Dave Watkins -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of D Bhardwaj Sent: Monday, November 14, 2005 9:19 PM To: CLUG General Subject: [clug-talk] firewall So I decided to take a break from the server stuff and instead do a brick and mortar firewall. So, message is try IPCop, it is too simple. I install it, suddenly to be confronted with what looks like a colour coded boxing match. In the green corner all is safe so put a server there, stay away from the red corner, the blue is for wireless and orange for your web server. Simple, but now be prepared to find upto 4 NICS! Do I have that many slots? Different nics, either with drivers or which probe can detect. Configure with static IPs, disconnect from the 'net. Do I need blue? Can orange and green go together? Why did I get rid of those old nics, maybe I have some old 10mbit ISA somewhere. Will they work? Is this normal? Do others have the same experience? Dharam _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
