(Sorry for a possible double post. My first message apparently has not
reached the list)
Hi Tom & Jean-Sebastien !
Please find below a post I sent on leaf-devel about LEAF/LRP &
firewalls. I would like to try to write a FAQ on the subject: "which
firewall should I use ?". Your input would be very much appreciated. You
will also find below a contribution made by Scott about EchoWall which
could give you some guidelines:
Thanks
> Jacques:
>
> Good idea. Let me offer some candid ones about echowall:
>
> Pro:
> ---
> 1. Installs and deinstalls into ES without conflicting with
> ES's builtin scripts.
> 2. Has built-in support for 30 services which need specific
> port-forward and IPfwd settings.
> 3. Supports the above services for LAN machines's which
> have DHCP-assigned addresses. Ie, specifying a server is
> based on MAC-ID.
> 4. Automatically re-inits on DHCP lease renewal or PPPoE renewal.
> 5. Works out of the box with RFC-1918 external IP addresses.
> 6. Deny's without logging most of the background-radiation
> log fillers (like NetBIOS broadcasts, IGMP's, etc.)
>
> Cons:
> ----
> 1. No DMZ support.
> 2. Requires gatping subnet-scanning utility (~10kB).
> 3. No easy hooks for customization like builtin scripts.
> 4. No dancing mice.
>
> Hope that helps...
>
> -Scott
>
> On Wed, 20 Jun 2001, Jacques Nilo wrote:
>
> > It looks like the list of available firewalls for LRP is growing. My
> > understanding (correct me if I am wrong) is that we have, on the top
of
> > the "standard" LRP script, 3 main firewall LRP packages available
> > echowall 1.2
> > rcf 5.2
> > seattle 4.1
> > I think it would be really useful if we could come up with a list of
> > pros and cons for each package, some kind of benchmarking.
> > What do you think ?
> > Jacques
> >
> >
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