On 15 Jan 2002, Russell Fulton wrote:

|Hi,
|       I want to run nessusd on a linux box that has one interface outside our
|firewall and another on the internal network. The idea is that the box
|would accept ssh and nessus sessions on the internal interface but do
|its scanning and probing from the external interface.
|
|Does anyone have any ideas on how to set this up?   If I can't set it up
|this way I will simply use one interface (on the outside) and have IP
|chains/tables restrict access to addresses on our internal network.
|
|Cheers and thanks, Russell. 

I would recommend the firewalling and elimating any dual-homing, ESPECIALLY
if it's a bridge between the inside and the outside.  When someone comes up
with a foolproof way to enter linux boxes no matter what, this box will bite
you in the backside.

.nhoJ
paranoid freak


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