On Thu, 20 Apr 2000, Lussier, Kenneth wrote:
> Also, the O'Reilly book "Building Internet Firewalls" has everything you
> need to know, you just have to figure out the IPChains syntax and apply
> it. Rob Ziegler also wrote a book called "Linux Firewalls" that deals
> specifically with this topic, but I haven't read it, so I can't really say
> if it's any good.
The O'Reilly books is an excellent treatment of firewalls, and every network
admin should have a copy. It is more general then specific, however -- it is
not a HOWTO document, and predates Linux.
I cannot recommend "Linux Firewalls" by Ziegler. It considers "Linux" to
mean "Red Hat", and he really does not seem to know what he's talking about.
Sure, he has setup a bunch of firewalls, but he also offers advise like "I
don't know what this does, but nothing works if you disable it, so leave it
alone".
I would recommend "Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls", by Sonnenreich and Yates.
The authors seem rather more cluefull then Ziegler, and the book is a blast to
read (the sidebar on "vi" had everyone laughing out loud). They cover the
specific commands you need to use to implement and tune firewalls on both
Linux (IPchains) and OpenBSD. They also include several good general and
theory chapters, as well as chapters on picking a firewall machine and
installing Linux and OpenBSD.
Hope this helps!
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