-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Sunday 06 July 2003 11:13 pm, Devdas Bhagat wrote: > Given a situation like this, what functionality are you looking for > from your firewall?
The most important functions would be 1. packet filtering and logging of violations 2. QoS based filtering may be required at a later stage... but not presently 3. intrusion detection (plan to use snort for this purpose) > What threats is it supposed to defend against? Since valid users will > have access to the data, and you aren't looking at J Random attacker > probing various ports and trying to get direct access to the > database. The main threats that I can think of on our network are: 1. People probing the network from dial-up access (this has already been noted) 2. Knowledgeable legitimate users trying to acquire access to services or priveleges they should not be accessing 3. A malicious user trying to attack the network through a laptop connected to the network (this action is illegal on our network, but possible). Regards, Vinu. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/CMzRfQe5A1YbfuURArcvAKCHfqDoJ/4uEvWHX5SMv6FfcG7yRgCfVQkS WUpDq938aP+Ys3YLMDLfnoI= =vruD -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email sponsored by: Free pre-built ASP.NET sites including Data Reports, E-commerce, Portals, and Forums are available now. Download today and enter to win an XBOX or Visual Studio .NET. http://aspnet.click-url.com/go/psa00100006ave/direct;at.asp_061203_01/01 _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
