[Gllug] IPcop Question

Bruce Richardson itsbruce at uklinux.net
Sat Mar 20 19:22:23 UTC 2004


On Sat, Mar 20, 2004 at 06:39:13PM +0000, Sean wrote:
> Bruce Richardson wrote:
> 
> >Put a proxy server in, make your staff connect to the net through that.
> >Then you can a) monitor traffic and block specific downloads and b)
> >limit almost all access out through your firewall to a few privileged
> >machines.
> >
> >
> 
> That is along the lines I have been thinking of - and while I could just 
> install any standard linux distro and set that up: I'm not the network 
> admin and don't want to take the job on.
> 
> Is there a firewall package you could recomend that has a web/gui 
> interface for configuring firewall rules ?

Not really.  I do this kind of task from the cli, editing text config
files.  Maybe somebody else on the list can be more help in that
direction.


-- 
Bruce

I must admit that the existence of Disneyland (which I know is real)
proves that we are not living in Judea in AD 50. -- Philip K. Dick
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