Re: Newbie
- From: John Bowden <j-alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2008 22:24:52 +0000
On Friday 22 February 2008 23:40:11 Rich Rudnick wrote:
Donald wrote:Second this. Been using their free version to protect my home network up until
Greetings,
I'm a Windows sysadmin who is new to Ubuntu. My son has been busting my
chops to give it a look and I recently acquired a Dell 2650 that I would
like to configure as a firewall for my network.
Knowing next to nothing about the OS I was hoping someone could point me
in the right direction where I might find some literature and how-to
information that would assist me in this endeavor. My son simply gushes
over Ubuntu and having seen the workstation version on his PC, I must
admit that it appears very user-friendly.
At $1000.00+ for an entry-level SonicWall firewall (that my secadmins
insist is not a "real" firewall) and upwards of $5000.00 for a
CheckPoint solution, not to mention license fees, a Linux-like
implementation simply makes good sense. A security consultant friend of
mine swears that a rock-solid implementation is possible; I just need a
little guidance.
You could install a full fledged linux OS and configure it as a
firewall, but you might find http://smoothwall.org/ more useful as a
dedicated installation.
about a year ago and their commercial version looks very interesting.
John
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with honest intentions, (he was going to blow them up!)
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