Tony McGee wrote:
>
> On Wed, 16 Aug 2000, Joseph S. Gardner pushed some tiny letters in this order:
> > Is it practical / advisable to set up a single machine to act as
> > a firewall/email/web server or am I looking for MAJOR trouble.
> >
> > I'm trying to run a SOHO with limited resources/computers but
> > still need all the goodies.
> >
>
> For a small SOHO network it doesn't sound bad at all. What
> sort of trouble were you expecting?
>
> Linux." ? Any operating system is better than Win3.x! ;-)
>
> Tony
Just concerned about the firewall setup I suppose... Not quite
certain how to set it up to allow email in, web surfing in, and
still protect my internal network.
I REALLY don't understand how firewalling works and if I can
keep everything on the same network yet protected.
--
Joseph S Gardner
Senior Designer / Technical Support
Kirby Co., Cleveland, OH
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
The box said,
"Requires Windows 3.x or better",
so I got Linux.
Registered Linux user #1696600
