Robert Maynord a écrit : > > Dear Cooker-firewall folks: > > I need your recommendation! I work in a school where there are 60 or so > machines networked. Most machines at this point are running Mandrake 7.2, > although several are still running Windows. At this point, the server is > running Windows NT. > > We have ordered a DSL line for the school, and I hope to convert our server > to Linux. We will need a firewall for content filtering, Web access, ftp, > email hosting, hosting our own web site, etc. > > Which firewall/server software would be best for us: Cooker-firewall, > Mandrake's Corporate server, or a machine running PMfirewall? > > Soon, I hope to have our entire school running Linux. > > Any suggestions? > > Robert All this product use the same Filtering tools, ( ipchains ). so the difference is in terms of functionnality and network architecture. The Cooker-Firewall product is design for small network ( commonly one internet access and one internal network), and user oriented. Features on this product are: packet filtering, url and banner filtering , Web Proxy , DHCP Server for internal user. Monitoring. We can see it such as: small internet access or small router(gateway). This one is the base for your architecture. If you have Network and Unix skills, you can add hosted services on the firewall manually. But this kind of configuration is not implemented in the Web interface. Corporate Server, is design also for small network, user oriented. but contain servers features: Web Server, Ftp server, Mail Server and also small filtering packet. Those product are complementary for a clean network design, with separate services. In the fact, if you have technical skills, you can pick up part of products and make you own architecture. -- Philippe Libat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Linux-Mandrake http://www.linux-mandrake.com _____________________________________________ Think Different, Think Linux
