You may want to check the archives for this list... there has been a considerable amount of discussion related to this recently. FWIW, follwing are some resources that were of interest to me: A book: "Building Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls", by Sonnenreich and Yates Drawbridge firewall developed at TAMU (my alma mater, so it must be good!) http://net.tamu.edu/drawbridge/index.html IP Filter: http://cheops.anu.edu.au/~avalon/ip-filter.html Hope this helps. Jim Moore 256.461.4381 ----------- PGP PUBLIC KEY FINGERPRINT ------------ 1D9C 3AC3 34E6 EEDF 22B9 7886 7797 6908 048F 049B --------------------------------------------------- > -----Original Message----- > From: Mayne, Peter [SMTP:Peter.Mayneat_private] > Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2000 7:05 PM > To: firewall-wizardsat_private > Subject: Linux firewall options > > Given Linux (say RedHat 6.0 or greater) as a base, what options are > available to build firewalls? Is there a "Linux firewalls" site somewhere? > > ipchains is an obvious place to start for basic packet filtering > functionality, but I'd prefer something more substantial. I could use > Apache > or Squid (depending on circumstances) as a Web proxy, for instance. > > I don't think FWTK can be used in a commercial environment because of the > license restrictions. Is there something similar out there that is > otherwise > usable? > > I realise this is a "how long is a piece of string?" type question, but > there must be different packages, freeware, shareware, open source, > commercial, etc suitable for different uses. > > PJDM > ---- > Peter Mayne, Compaq Computer Australia, Canberra, ACT > These are my opinions, and have nothing to do with Compaq. > "The wise man knows that he knows nothing." - Bill. "That's us, dude!" - > Ted. >
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