[Gllug] Opinions on Smoothwall and other firewalls

[Jim Bailey]

Hi,

If you are still looking for options regarding your firewall may I offer a 
book rather than a product.

Building Linux and Open BSD Firewalls
Wes Sonnenreich and Tom Yates
Wiley Computer Publishing
ISBN 0-471-35366-3

Unlike the O'reilly 'Castles' book which seem to expect guru level 
knowledge of an OS to follow there generalisations, this has step by step 
build and configuration guides for the above.  It is also well written and 
witty, yes a witty book on security.

It won't make you a security expert overnight but it will help you get 
there and I guess by asking the odd situation specific question on gllug 
you will have a firewall you understand and therefore more likely to be 
able to fix if things go wrong.

Peace Jim

"We have no eternal allies and we have no perpetual enemies. Our interests 
are eternal and perpetual, and those interests it is our duty to follow." 
Secret deals, cultivating both sides, shifting alliances, dumping "friends"
, prevaricating, pandering to the strong, exploiting the weak, and 
undercover skullduggery are the norm, not eternal friendships."
--Palmeston Victortian statesman on Diplomacy


On Friday, October 5, 2001, at 09:12 AM, Peter Chauncy wrote:

> I am looking for a firewall to sit between a  2Mbit leased line and a
> network of about 80 odd PCs.  I just discovered Smoothwall
> http://www.smoothwall.org from a search on Google and it seems really
> interesting.  Does anyone have any experience with it, and resultant
> opinions ?  What are the alternatives ? From my reading of the
> documentation, smoothwall's big advantage over alternatives is its ease of
> use.
> Any thoughts gratefully appreciated
>
> Peter Chauncy
> Community IT, Poplar HARCA, 167A EastIndia Dock Road, London E14 0EA
> 020 7510 0562
> peter.chauncy at poplarharca.co.uk
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