Re: [TCLUG:11644] firewall packages

[Peter Lukas <peter@math.umn.edu>]

You may want to consider doing a VPN between the two networks.  There are
many ways to do it.  My suggestion would be to consult the VPN howto's.
Coincidentally, the Linux Journal  for this month has an (albeit sketchy)
interpretation of a VPN howto that may suit your needs well.

Peter Lukas

On Wed, 29 Dec 1999, Dave Sherman wrote:

> Hey all -
> 
> I am a Linux newbie, taking on the task of setting up a firewall for my company
> of 13 employees. We have a Windows-based peer-to-peer lan, and are looking to
> share a T1 with another company in our office building. The other company is
> just going to run a 10BaseT line from their hub into our computer/server room,
> where it is up to me to attach it to our lan in whatever way I want. My plan is
> to take the incoming line and run it into the firewall (a P100 with 2 net cards,
> running RH 6.1), then take another line out of the firewall and into our hub --
> pretty basic setup. I need to allow incoming http, ftp and telnet requests to
> our network server (an AS/400, which is also attached to the hub and running
> TCP/IP). None of the PC's should even be visible, let alone accessible to the
> outside.
> 
> Anyway, after reading the networking how-to, the masquerading how-to, and the
> ipchains how-to, I decided to check out freshmeat to see about any packages
> designed to help with firewall setup. I found lots. I was wondering if anyone
> had any suggestions for such a package. Preferably one designed for a person
> with little Linux knowledge and a medium amount of networking knowledge.
> 
> Any advice would be appreciated.
> 
> Dave Sherman
> 
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