Smoothwall is a light-weight Linux distribution, basically dedicated to firewalling. I'm not sure which it uses, iptables or ipchains.
You can read about it here: http://www.smoothwall.org I haven't used it myself, but I hear it is VERY good. Kindest Regards, Ashley (aka ze0). |----------------------------------------------------------| | Ashley Reynolds (aka ze0) [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | http://www.botepidemic.com Ph: +61 404 140 163 | | | | Registered Linux User: #254073 | |----------------------------------------------------------| > First, as I am sure you are aware, a firewall is only a firewall if it > provides some kind of protection. You will need some kind of port filtering > to occur, either iptables or ipchains. Now what I do not know about is > "Smoothwall". Is this some kind of firewall software, and does it run with > an OS or is it a stand alone firewall app? If you want clients on the > private LAN to access the Internet by using one IP address, you will need > some kind of NAT and/or IP forwarding functioning on the gateway server, > and this, from your diagram, looks like it will be the firewall machine. So > without totally understanding what Smoothwall does, I would say you need > firewall (iptables or ipchains) rules, NIDS rules, and IP forwarding to be > on your firewall machine. Hope this helps a bit..... > J. Craig Woods > UNIX/NT SA > -Art is the illusion of spontaneity-
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