Firewalls

[George Toft]

Thank you.  I have posted it.

George


Nathan England wrote:
> 
> I have done it for you..
> I'll email you the pdf outside the list.
> 
> nathan
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "George Toft" <george@georgetoft.com>
> To: <plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us>
> Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2001 8:10 AM
> Subject: Re: 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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