Firewall : WAS Re: was BabyCam now hacking

["paul_watkin" <paul_watkin@xxxxxxx>]

Thanks Pedro,

My knowledge of Networking (at a software level) and Linux is minimal=20
to say the least, Is it easy for a beginner to setup?=20

Why would I use the DHCP, NAT server functions, are these superior to=20
those embeded in the Router?

Anybody suggest a good book I should read before playing with this=20
lot?

Regards

Paul


--- In ukha_d@y..., Pedro de Oliveira <p.oliveira@b...> wrote:
> On the subject of firewalls I have to put my 2p in:
> After some attempts to manage Zonealarm and ZonealarmPro I gave up.=20
The
> thing was way too complicated to get working right (the way I=20
wanted).  I
> went to my local pc dealer who had some bits and bobs and picked up=20
a 540Mb
> HD for =A310 and an AT power supply for another =A310.  Work was=20
throwing away a
> P233MMX which I literally took out of the skip.  It had been rained=20
on for a
> week so I swapped PSU and HD.  I then downloaded an ISO image of=20
IPCop
> (built on smoothwall but without the bad stuff).  Last night it=20
took me
> 20minutes to get IPcop up and running with DHCP, DNS and of course=20
the
> firewall.  I can't put in words how easy it was to install and I am=20
now have
> HTTP from one machine on my LAN, FTP and telnet from another.  A=20
completely
> faultless install.=20=20
>=20
> After having done all of this, IPCop can be managed from any=20
internal PC
> through its web interface.
>=20
> I am thoroughly impressed and can recommend it to anyone who can=20
find a
> spare PC to run it on.  My P233MMX is running on only 32Mb of ram=20
and is
> faultless.
>=20
> IPcop even do you the service of burning you a CD and sending it to=20
you for
> free if you don't have a burner or can't afford to be online the=20
time it
> takes to download (without making and penny and actually being out=20
of pocket
> by providing this).
>=20
> There is also an online forum if you have any questions about it.
> www.ipcop.org
>=20
> There you go - my recommendation=20
>=20
> Pedro
>=20
> -----Original Message-----
> From: paul_watkin [mailto:paul_watkin@y...]=20
> Sent: 14 March 2002 11:21
> To: ukha_d@y...
> Subject: [ukha_d] Firewall : WAS Re: was BabyCam now hacking
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> Some advice would be useful here, I curently have a basic setup of=20
> 1 Server running 98 until I get NT server installed
> 2 PC's (98se)
> 1 3Com Switch
> 1 3Ccom Office Connect ISDN Router
>=20
> At the minute I have no software based firewall and as far as I am=20
> aware the ISDN router doesn't have anything in hardware.
>=20
> The server is on 24/7 but connection to the internet is on dial up=20
> only.
>=20
> I would like a recommendation as to what is the best way forward I=20
> have looked at lots of solutions including Smoothwall/ doing=20
> something myself in Linux (Suse 7.2) etc.
>=20
> All of these rely on running an additional box 24/7 which I would=20
> prefer to avoid.
>=20
> Is there a solution using the existing hardware? or may be a=20
> dedicated hardware route i should I pursue?
>=20
> If the second box is the best solution what spec would I need?
>=20
> Regards
>=20
> Paul