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Author: Michael J. Schweppe
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Subject: Firewalls
On Mon, 6 Aug 2001 13:33:42 -0500, "Tom Achtenberg"
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>What is a good firewall to use on a RH7.0 workstation that has an always on internet connection?


This is like asking 12 lawyers for a legal opinion; you're bound to
get 13 replies <g>. I have used both of these when I was running Red
Hat 6.2 [both should run under 7.0]. They are worth taking a look at:

    http://freshmeat.net/projects/pmfirewall/


    http://freshmeat.net/projects/bastillelinux/


>At this point the only thing between the internet and my workstation is a simple hub.


This is VERY bad.

    http://www.enteract.com/~lspitz/linux.html


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Michael J. Schweppe

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