Have a look at www.astaro.com Astaro Security Linux is an enterprise level firewall, easy to install and to manage, priced affordably for small and medium companies. Includes a virus protection option for email.
Free download available at their website. Klaus -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Joe Matuscak Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2002 3:24 AM To: Marc DVer Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Do we require a Firewall? On Tue, 15 Jan 2002, Marc DVer wrote: > We are going to put in a linux box with IPChains. Also, we are going > to put in a hardware firewall in relay with the linux box. I know > this sounds paranoid, but we (meaning my company) are in a industry > that is targeted by certain orginizations who have been known to send > mail bombs (via snail mail), so hacking is not something we intend to > ignore. > > Seriously, I know the dangers involved, and may get an outside > consultant to help out. > > Anyone know of a good tutorial for ipchains? If you want to IPchains in a "appliance" sort of way, take a look at www.ipcop.org. Its a packaged Linux system with a GUI configuration setup. GPL, cant get much cheaper than that :-) > In terms of the hardware firewall, can someone make any > recommendations? This is for about 15 computers, which will eventually > have a dsl connection, but right now we have a dial-up. We can't > afford a $10,000 solution, but we need something reasonably secure and > reliable. Ive had good luck with the Gnatbox (www.gnatbox.com). Joe Matuscak Rohrer Corporation 717 Seville Road Wadsworth, Ohio 44281 (330)335-1541 [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Firewalls mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.gnac.net/mailman/listinfo/firewalls _______________________________________________ Firewalls mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.gnac.net/mailman/listinfo/firewalls
