Re: Best Linux Firewall?
From: Erik (erikm_at_gci.net)
Date: 12/30/03
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Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2003 15:13:27 -0900
"Paul Osterhues" wrote:
> Hi -
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> What is the best Linux firewall script\program, or secure distro? I have
> been hacked twice, once with a three line masquerade script and another
> time with a NAT script and basic firewall. The first time I was hacked it
> brought my Linux router to its knees at the kernel level and rendered a
> workstation unusable. I had an NFS share with Red Hat 6.2, and I think it
> was that. The second time I was hacked, with Red Hat 9, the gateway was
> fine, but then my printer drivers were rendered inoperable, and when I
> checked the system logs (XP) he also got access to my registry (Needless
> to say, the remote registry service was turned on) to move some icons
> around and change display settings. I think that the reason this happened
> was that the NetBIOS was turned on. Any ideas to combat this? I think that
> this guy will try again, and I need to be prepared for it. I don't know
> how to check if he has internal access still (I installed another
> rudimentary firewall). Any ideas?
I use IPCop. It needs to be installed on its own computer.
Download ISO, Burn to CD, stick in computer, it will format and install its
self, easy to configure. PII is plenty of power, you don't need a big hard
drive unless you want to use Squid with it. It has Snort built into it.
Suports VPN Proxy and port forwarding among other things.
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