Web Proxy / Firewall

[Norberto Quintanar]

Here's two articles to help get you started

http://www.pcquest.com/content/linux/handson/199030103.asp

http://www.linux-mag.com/2001-02/agents_01.html

Another option, PC based is http://www.smoothwall.org/

I am running it on an old 486 which I bought at a garage sale for 5
dollars.  Smoothwall is free and extremely stable.  I have my DSL
router coming into it.  And have 4 different computers: WinXP,
YDL3.0, MacOS9, and Mandrake 9.1 networked to the smothwall box.  I
give it two thumbs up!

Good luck!
--- ", Bill" <longman@sharplabs.com> wrote:
> > I am completely new to Linux, never even touched it, but have 
> > heard only
> > great things. What I need to know is if YDL when I eventually 
> > load it onto a
> > Powermac G4...If I could use it as a web proxy / firewall. It 
> > would go like
> > so:
> > ISP ---> DSL (router) ---> YDL (web proxy/firewall) --> LAN 
> > (all on 1 subnet
> > (windows, macs and printers). I need the option to FTP outbound
> and
> > inbound..MSN messenger and AIM, and of course the internet and
> email.
> > In a windows environment it would be one pc hooked to the 
> > router with ISA
> > ($5,999) and 2000 Server ($800) loaded on. And i'm assuming 
> > clients will
> > connect to it by internet connection sharing. I want to run away
> from
> > windows.
> > This will be my first of many questions if i decide to go with
> YDL.
> > Thanks and appreciative for any help or advice.
> 
> Sue,
> 
> If cost is a problem, you can easily do this for about $300 with an
> ancient
> x386 box, two NICs and a copy of FreeBSD. YDL is your choice only
> if you
> really *really* wanna run it on a Mac. The YDL distro is quirky due
> to the
> Mac requirements. The BSD derivatives are very powerful, have very
> low
> footprints on memory and resources and are quite bulletproof. You
> can also
> get by with RedHat or Mandrake for that matter, as they both come
> with proxy
> and fw software. They, however, are more b l o a t e d than the
> BSDs.
> 
> Squid - caching web proxy
> Firestarter or Shorewall - very easy to use firewall systems that
> are
> basically front-ends for Linux's IP tables. I don't know if these
> are
> available on BSD, however.
> 
> HTH,
> 
> Bill
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