Firewalls

The first link is also available in PowerPoint and Star Presents.
Sorry, no pdf. When I get some time, maybe I'll fire up the shiny
new Adobe 5 I downloaded from their site that is supposed to create
pdf's. But first I have to stop working 60-70 hours/week.

George


Nathan England wrote:
>
> You wouldn't happen to have this in a pdf format do you?
> Something other than a web site?
>
> nathan
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "George Toft" <george@georgetoft.com>
> To: <plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2001 7:55 AM
> Subject: Re: Firewalls
>
> > Another box that is dedicated to being a firewall. It's a philosophical
> > point as firewalls should be just that - fortified hosts that can
> > withstand the attacks from the Internet. You should have two boxes
> > for the same reason most physically secure installations have multiple
> > locks - it takes time to break through each one, which gives you the
> > chance to catch them.
> >
> > My suggestion (in order):
> > Dump Red Hat (no Holy War - I notified Red Hat about the Millennium
> > Internet Worm's three exploits over two years ago, and they didn't
> > fix it until version 7.1 - they are slower than Microsoft WRT security)
> > http://georgetoft.com/plug/presentations/security/SecuringLinux.htm
> > http://georgetoft.com/security/index.html
> > http://georgetoft.com/linux/firewall/index.html
> >
> > Read all of the reference, too.
> >
> > George
> > "Naive by Nature, Paranoid by Experience."
> >
> >
> > Tom Achtenberg wrote:
> > >
> > > This may have recently been discussed, but I need to know now. What is
> a good firewall to use on a RH7.0 workstation that has an always on internet
> connection? Does RH have one that is part of the install? At this point
> the only thing between the internet and my workstation is a simple hub.
> > >
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