Hi David, Thanks for the info about netmasq. I find the Bastille hard to set up so I will take a look at it the next time I'll have to set up a firewall. Only the webpage wasn't avalible when I wanted to visit it.
Thanks, Wayne >From: David Relson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: [expert] best firewall >Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2002 07:45:13 -0400 > >At 07:09 AM 4/15/02, you wrote: >>Hi, >> >>You can try the Single Network Firewall from Mandrakesoft. It contains the >>Bastille, a good hardening system and firewall. I believe it also contains >>snort wich is a very good intrusion detection system. You only need a >>whole computer for it. If you don't have an extra computer you can try >>only the Bastille wich can be found at www.bastille-linux.org. You also >>can take a look at www.mandrakesecure.net for other firewalls, tools and >>security info. > >I've been very pleased with netmasq. It's a set of shell scripts to >provide firewall and masquerading services. I really like that its quick >and easy to use. Simply edit a few small text files to indicate which >services to allow and which ip addresses to deny, run the netmasq script, >and your firewall rules are set/updated. > >The author is in our local LUG. He's a SysAdmin at a nearby public >library. netmasq can be found at >http://pulse.cantonpl.org/carl/netmasq.html. > >David > > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com
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