On Wed, Nov 27, 2002 at 10:24:54AM +0800, Khuzairi Yahaya wrote: hi, > Dear Tech Gurus, > > I was given the responsibility to setup a Linux Based Firewall. I am > looking at either Redhat, Mandrake and Suse > on intel platform and Sparc based. > > I need your opinion on the following: > 1. Which OS is considered the best suited for a firewall? If you are running the firewall on a separate box then you can try and look at se SE Linux. Even a locked down BSD is good (I dont hv much knowledge of BSD so i cannot comment on the same) > 2. What are the application/software required to be installed? Again, if you are running a separate box as the firewall , then *no* app shld be installed except for the firewall. > 3. What security conserns/issues I need to address? That depends on your company's security policy. > 4. Should I use multiple processors? Usually not needed for a firewall, but if you hv em then heck y not ;) > 5. Any website for reference? google for linux firewalling . there are lots of materials out there for the design of firewalls and rule sets
hth phani
