Re: OT: Educating users about Security

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Author: Bill Lindley
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To: plug-discuss
Subject: Re: OT: Educating users about Security
Siri Amrit Kaur wrote:
> 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?


You need two boxes, one that runs Smoothwall (or IPCop) and the other
running your database (or being a desktop). For the Smoothwall box, a
486 or Pentium 90, with a 500MB disk drive, would work fine.

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