----- Original Message ----- From: "ITworld Newsletters" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2000 11:59 AM Subject: Linux/Open Source Careers -- Firewall Security > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------ > Linux as a Firewall > By Eric Foster-Johnson > > With the rise of the Internet, and the corresponding rise in network > attacks, firewall and network security knowledge has become > increasingly important for those wishing to become system > administrators. To defend against attacks, just about every site runs > some sort of firewall or other protective software. Oftentimes, the > firewall runs on a separate machine and, for small organizations, can > represent a significant cost. > > In the last few years, specialized versions of Linux have proliferated > in the firewall market, running from commercial products such as > NetMax's firewalls (http://www.netmax.com) to special Linux firewall-on- > a-floppy-disk distributions. The latter packages can create a firewall > requiring no hard disk space that can, oftentimes, reuse an older, > slower PC as your new fancy firewall. > > Security is one area where you can parlay your Linux knowledge into > improved job prospects. Since so many firewalls are built from Linux, > you can use your Linux skills to learn more about firewalls, as well as > to try some out -- installing any number of these packages is fairly > easy. > > * Coyote Linux allows you to build a firewall, including a scaled- > down Linux distribution, onto a single floppy disk. You can > download the software from http://www.coyotelinux.com/, or > purchase a commercial version for $39.95 US (download) or $49.95 > (on CD-ROM). > > * FrazierWall is based on the Linux Router Project, which, among > other things, can help you build a single-floppy Linux > distribution of your own. FrazierWall is available at > http://home.kscable.com/wecoyote/FrazierWall.html. See > http://www.linuxrouter.org/ for more information about the Linux > Router Project. > > * HVLinux runs a minimum number of programs just in RAM. It is > available at http://www.hven.com.ve/hvlinux/. > > You can experiment with Linux as a firewall and improve your > administration skills with any of these packages. You can also install > firewall software on a regular Linux distribution for experimentation. > > > About the author(s) > ---------------- > Eric Foster-Johnson wrote 14 books on Linux, UNIX, programming, and > open source tools. He can be reached at [EMAIL PROTECTED] or > http://www.pconline.com/~erc/. > > Copyright 2000 ITworld.com, Inc., All Rights Reserved. > > http://www.itworld.com > _______________________________________________ Leaf-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.sourceforge.net/mailman/listinfo/leaf-devel
