RE: Linux firewall

Have used both Linux and FreeBSD for firewalling, and though Linux is very
easy with some of the auto setup distros out there, if you are a business
with assets to protect, I would trust BSD as a much more stable platform for
firewalling (course some idiots out there are actually using windoze isa for
firewalling, can we say stable :)

As far as EEye, I believe you will find those were merely automated scans
that were coming from their ip's.

Curt

-----Original Message-----
From: full-disclosure-admin <at> lists.netsys.com
[mailto:full-disclosure-admin <at> lists.netsys.com]On Behalf Of Denis Dimick
Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2003 9:45 PM
To: Gabe Arnold
Cc: Spencer, Gary TRI-S INC; full-disclosure <at> lists.netsys.com
Subject: Re: [Full-Disclosure] Linux firewall

Dont know about BSD.. But I would use Linux.. This is what I use everyday
for the past 5 years.. Have yet to have anyone get thru.. Even the morons
at EEye have tried..

On Wed, 18 Jun 2003, Gabe Arnold wrote:

> I would suggest you use an OpenBSD 3.3 setup with the native PF
> (Packet Filter)package which is based on the 'BSD IPF package.
> It's quite nice, easy to use, and very secure.  I'd check out
> www.openbsd.org and www.openbsd.org/faq/pf/ for a good overview of the
> PF package and how to use it.

RE: Linux firewall

Considering that you can get a cisco 501 for around $500 and as long as you
don't have internal servers, is pretty much plug and play with it's 3rd
generation gui interface, it's pretty hard to beat for the SMB market.  The
gui even makes internal server natting pretty simple.

Curt

-----Original Message-----
From: full-disclosure-admin <at> lists.netsys.com
[mailto:full-disclosure-admin <at> lists.netsys.com]On Behalf Of Michael
Bergbauer
Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2003 5:11 AM
To: full-disclosure <at> lists.netsys.com
Subject: Re: [Full-Disclosure] Linux firewall

On Wed Jun 18, 2003 at 04:4525PM -0400, Spencer, Gary  TRI-S INC wrote:
> Hello everyone. I have been following the discussions for a few months now
> and enjoy the technical information that everyone has to share. What would
> your recommendations be for a Linux firewall? And would you use a 50,000
> Cisco firewall instead??

As most others already pointed out, you have a wide variety of
possibilities to choose, and it is very hard to give some
recommandations, especially as none of the readers here has the
necessary background knowlegde about what you want to protect and
against which kind of attackers.

Step back and think about it. A firewall is not a piece of hardware,
but a sheet of paper that contains information about your threats, how
dangerous they are, how likely they will occur, and how you want to

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