RE: Linux firewall options

From: Moore, James (James.Mooreat_private)
Date: Fri Jan 14 2000 - 09:50:40 PST

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    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
    
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    > -----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
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    > 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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