[Nottingham] Setting up a router at uni (Danny King)

[Danny King]

Is there any safe or sensible way to use my server as both a web/ssh
server and a custom router? Would I need to buy a network card with
two network ports for that to work?

Thanks again!

2008/8/24 Jim Moore <jmthelostpacket at googlemail.com>:
> Danny King wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I'm going to be a Fresher at Durham Uni pretty soon and I'll be taking
>> a desktop, laptop and a server. Do you guys think it'd be worth
>> getting a router/firewall box for security? I use one here but it's my
>> dads!
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>>
> <plug/shill>
>
> Absolutely, it's the first and only line of defence against incoming
> traffic ("softwalls", software firewalls ie ZoneAlarm, only stop
> outgoing traffic - think about it a minute, by the time any
> AV/AS/firewall software gets to deal with malware it's already on your
> system! Hardwalls ie NAT/firewalls stop incoming traffic but /not/
> outgoing, so used with decent (read: NOT Symantec or McAffee) AV/AS
> software you have two-way protection. Another method of protection is to
> combine the two, using say Busybox and AVG for Linux on a cheap box
> (here's where those Pentiums come in handy!) and build your own custom
> router). I highly recommend a Busybox NAT/firewall; I have one of these
> myself, it's never, ever put a foot wrong and it gets reset probably
> once every three months. The CNet ones are OK but I did occasionally hit
> a bad unit when I was installing these, so if you do go that route a
> spare would be very handy. Stay away from the Sitecom ones.
>
> </plug/shill>
>
>
> TLP
>
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