On Wed, 16 Aug 2000, Joseph S. Gardner pushed some tiny letters in this order:
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> > 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
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> 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.
Firewalling works by selectively blocking off access to certain Internet
Protocol ports. It's recommended to have a single dedicated machine as a
firewall and a second one as an internal mail/web server but if you're short on
machines you can always just combine the two servers onto the one box and be
more careful about your firewall rules. For a full run down on how the firewall
sofftware IPCHAINS works refer to it's HOW-TO document.
Tony
