You might want to look at something like OpenBSD for your Firewall. Its pretty secure, and pretty simple to use. Also, any Unix-based OS will handle routing out of the box. I think Windows offers something, but I'm not very familiary with Windows.
For the Virus software, I've got Norton installed on Windows 2000 server at my house, and it works fine. Perhaps its an incompatibility problem? For futher security, it depends. You could increase the host-based security of your systems with things like tcp_wrappers, you can also used secure communication software to talk between your hosts, like ssh, scp, sftp. This ties into your remote access. Exceed 7.1 I believe supports SSH for access, so it could be acceptable, but there are some free software packages for windows to do the same. Hope that helps some. Steven -----Original Message----- From: Pearson, Andrew [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 11:08 AM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: Home Security. Hi everyone, I've been reading this mailing-list for a while now, and it seems that you guys are probably the best group to ask in regards to security, so I thought that i'd fire a few at you... O.k., basically I'm trying to set up a good, secure home network which is connected to the Internet via an ADSL line. At the moment i've got a machine that will be my firewall, a machine that will act as my DHCP / DNS / VPN...... server and finally another machine that can be only used as a client with Linux on it.. i.e. INTERNET ----------------ADSL Modem------Firewall Machine-------HUB--------Server |____ Linux Client. My questions are these: 1) What is the best operating system / firewall software combination to use on the firewall machine? (I think i'd prefer to use a MS product though) 2) My ADSL line which connects to the firewall uses USB, so is it still a router? since it doesn't have 2 NIC's..... 3) Obviously, my firewall machine will have to act as a router, so what is the best software to use to achieve this? 3) I've got Win 2000 Server as my server machine, but I can't seem to Install any Anti-Viral software or Firewall software... Is this just my machine, or is it a problem with Win 2000? 4) If I want to make my network secure, is there any other products I should invest in, besides Anti-Virus and Firewall software? 5) Lastly, what would I need (besides telnet) to use to access my Linux box from the server securely? (If the server is an MS-OS) would Exceed do it? Well, That's enough questions! Thanks for your help in Advance... Andy.
