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Yes they have but the latest version is still free if you dont
require support. Old web address work that Mark has mentioned.
Mark how do you get on with e-smith ?
Steve.
-------Original Message-------
Date: 24 September 2001
16:04:44
Subject: [ukha_d] Re:
Firewalls?
Where can I download e-smith?
Have they been
taken over?
Thanks
Paul
--- In ukha_d@y..., "steve"
<steve@b...> wrote:
> Not entirely true - if you use one of
the firewall distro's. You
can have a firewall up in 4 mins, ok then
14. Look at e-smith, fli4l,
smoothwall etc.
>
>
Steve.
>
> Linux
> Assuming you want to put a machine
between you and the net or move
to the
> OS, Linux offers a
cheap (as in free) way to setup a firewall. It
is the
> most
complex of solutions since a default linux install is not
particularly
> secure. Some knowledge of the OS and a lot of
reading to work out
what's
> what is required to create a
suitable firewall machine although
newer
> distributions have
tried to create an easier interface to do this.
Not
>
recommended unless you know the OS or have a patient friend to
teach
one or
> a trustworthy one to go in and set up for you. You would
also need
to move
> the DUN connection to Linux and install IP
Masquearding and Port
Forwarding
> to perform an ICS type
sharing of the connection. It is suitable as
a
> firewall for a
network. Could be configured from the host PC or
through a
>
suitably secured telnet SSH1/2 shell to the host from a client.
>
>
> A hardware firewall is obviously the better bet in more
secure
environments,
> but IME the NIS and previous AtGuard have
been more thna enough for
my
> needs. Zone Alarm gets many
recommendations but my personal
experience leads
> me to not
concur with this recommendation. Out of those I have used
and
>
tried, NIS is my winner. There were some others I tried briefly but
they
> either failed to install or had run time problems so I
have ignored
them
> here.
>
> HTH
>
>
Mark.
>
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