On Sat, 13 Nov 2004 19:19:02 -0700 Siri Amrit Kaur wrote: > > Sounds like your Slackware box would do better used if it were turned into > > a firewall for the entire office. Look at smoothwall[1] or IPCOP[2]. > > Help me to understand this, please. If we turned the Linux box into a firewall > with IPcop or Smoothwall, would it allow users to access the internet but > keep the database and sensitive data on the LAN somehow separate? My only > experience with Linux firewalls is using Guarddog to configure iptables on a > standalone box with no servers running. This situation at work is a lot more > complex than that... Yep, both smoothwall and IPCOP will do that and will be easy to setup and maintain. I've used smoothwall for several years to protect a similar small business network. Check the smoothwall document link to get started. I'm not sure your situtation is that complicated. You need a firewall for the internel network and you need to keep spyware and viruses off the LAN. The firewall will close off ports and monitor traffic. Mozilla/Firefox/T'bird will reduce your risk and Ad-aware and Spybot are really just needed because you can't depend on your co-workers not to do something stupid. Dennisk --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss