Hey folks... I'm currently running Apache on Win2K to serve a small personal webpage through my static IP assigned by my DSL provider. The machine is a "test" server but I'd like to secure it a little more. I've got a spare box sitting around that I'd like to use as a firewall/router, specifically with something like Coyote Linux/the LRP distros. I'm wondering if it's possible to use the DHCP features in such a firewall setup to pass the HTTP requests (router with static IP, server with a 192.168.x.x type IP) to the Win2K box AND limit the connections only to HTTP port 80 on the Win2K box. Next step would be a Win2K mailserver... Does this make sense or would a pure Linux server/IPtables type setup be easier? TIA, --Track _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp.
I played with Coyote Linux briefly, and I believe that it has the ability to do what you want. You might have to play with it a bit. Its advantage is its small size and you don't need a hard drive to run it. However, I seem to remember that you need a Linux system on which to unpack the tar ball and on which to run the scripts that create the single floppy image for the firewall. Double check, as my memory might be foggy. One might also opt for a minimal Linux installation with the addition of the necessary firewall software. I know that SuSE Linux has such an option in its canned installation. Robert Ziegler wrote a book entitled "Linux Firewalls" which I liked, but it is not for the fainthearted. Later, Andy -- Andy Stewart Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA, USA http://www.wlug.org
Ziegler's book was the only firewalling book that made sense to me as a newbie 1+ years ago when I was trying to get an IPChains firewall installed on a DSL connected RH7 box. Just noticed this last week that the 2nd edition is out as of Oct 2001, which, while I haven't seen it yet, it is supposed to be updated for IPTables. Dick At 8:58 PM -0500 1/17/02, Andy Stewart wrote:
One might also opt for a minimal Linux installation with the addition of the necessary firewall software. I know that SuSE Linux has such an option in its canned installation.
Robert Ziegler wrote a book entitled "Linux Firewalls" which I liked, but it is not for the fainthearted.
Later,
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