Well, it was so dead I forgot I'm subscribing on it. A lot more action is found in [EMAIL PROTECTED], though the emphasis is more on the router part.
A good starting point would be to sum up the status of the field. Is there a FAQ for firewalls/vpn on linux? What litteratur can be found? What commersial vendors are offereing linux based firewall solutions? What security problems are found in real life? Are there any related lists/newsgroups? What are the usual solutions? I'll check out your URL. See ya, /Karl ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Karl Hammar Asp� Data [EMAIL PROTECTED] Lilla Asp� 2340 0173 140 57 S-742 94 �sthammar 070 511 97 84 Professionella Linuxl�sningar Sweden ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- On Wed, 10 Feb 1999, Ivan E. Moore II wrote: > Hello, > > I'm not sure who all is on this list but I have noticed > that it's been pretty dead for a while so I figured I'd spam > it and see if I can drum up some interest. > > I've seen a few different firewall/vpn projects around and > each is going in it's own direction. There truely isn't > much going on tho...I've started a couple different projects and > I'm hoping to get some other's interested in them to help out > as I am not much of a programmer and could use some help. > > One project is a firewall package and the other a vpn package. > My goal is to use the current linux kernel code (2.2.x) and build > a set of utilities to front end it. These utilities would > include the following: > > For the firewall package: > > > - A GUI for managing the firewall. This would need to be both X based and > shell based. (ncurses???) > - Some sort of method for storing rules/configuration and manipulating this > information for use in reports, stats, etc... (maybe a database) > - Needs to be easy to backup and restore (the new ipchains features covers > alot of this already) > - Needs to be able to be run on multiple platforms. (Maybe java based) > - A web based management piece would be nice as well. > - Maybe add in the ability to manage the routing table and other things such > as basic networking on the machine. > - Needs to be easy to upgrade and or patch for future releases > - Needs to be easily migrated between different Linux distributions. > > > For the VPN package: > > - A common GUI interface for managing the whole thing. > - A method to manage it from a shell prompt > - The ability to do linux -> linux VPN (these exist already..just funky) > - The ability to allow for remote connections via Windows and other platforms > - IPSec compliancy...I have no clue if this is possible yet? > - Web Based management would be nice > - Easy upgrades/management > > The goal is to come up with a solution that is thorough and stable/secure > (just like the Debian distro in general) and is also competitive with > commercial systems. (that shouldn't be hard actually) I work for a major > bank and would love to be able to go to them with a solution like this. > I have been checking out the available solutions out there and most of them > only touch bits of what is available. > > If your interested you can find more information on these projects (though > I don't have much up yet) at http://www.tdyc.com/~rkrusty/articles > > I want to focus on the Debian distro since I think it's the best one to > have this type of system running on it. Plus it will make for ease of > upgrades > and updates. Feel free to contact me, yell at me, or whatever. If there > is already a project like this in progress...please let me know so I can > see if I can help out with it. :) > > Ivan > > -- > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > Ivan E. Moore II Rev. Krusty > http://www.tdyc.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > Imagination is more important than knowledge - Albert Einstien > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > GPG KeyID=0E1A75E3 > GPG Fingerprint=3291 F65F 01C9 A4EC DD46 C6AB FBBC D7FF 0E1A 75E3 > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
