Re: Debian router/firewall?
Well thx a lot :)
All your comments will help me great!
I didn't know shorewall...
Either i'll test shorewall or i'll write iptables my own...
Curt was so kind, to send me a sample config :)
And... Sorry about my english :) i'm German... ;)
cheers - DayWalker
Am Montag, den 06.06.2005, 18:48 +0100 schrieb Ognjen Bezanov:
> Ognjen Bezanov wrote:
>
> >Michael 'DayWalker' Klug wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >>Hi dudes :)
> >>
> >>I know, it isn't the right place to ask, but this is the only
> >>mailinglist i am on, and i think, it's the greatest :)
> >>So don't hit me for this question :D
> >>
> >>I've got an old Intel Celeron with 600 MHz, one NIC for the DSL
> >>modem and an internal 5-port hub.
> >>Until now i had installed IP-Cop or Smoothwall. But i think, the
> >>performence
> >>isn't as good, as it should be.
> >>My ping increases up to about 60 though i have fastpath.
> >>
> >>What i want is a slim firewall that works as a router. Further i need a
> >>small
> >>webserver for different documents.
> >>
> >>Is there anyone who can advice my a distro or someone who can tell me
> >>how to get debian working as a firewall?
> >>
> >>I read some tutorials, but they didn't work at all :)
> >>
> >>Would be great, if you've got some tips :)
> >>
> >>Thx - DayWalker
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >I have a firewall running on a 450Mhz PII , the firewall is shorewall,
> >which IMO is the best firewall I have seen yet. Think the power and
> >flexibility of handmade IP-table rules with much easier configuration.
> >
> >P.S if you want to see all the things you can run on a PII, look here:
> >
> >http://ogijeovde.homelinux.net/Ogi/?display=./Hardware/Server
> >
> >under the "runs" table (note site isnt finished yet)
> >
> >
> >
> >
> Yeah, pressed enter too quickly, sorry bout that. Setting up shorewall
> is distro-agnostic (if thats a word). At the shorewall site you have
> tutorials and example how-two's to help you along the way. I originally
> used the "two-interface" tutorial and once it was all setup worked on
> changing it too suit my needs. Which distro you use doesnt matter. I
> installed shorewall on my system over a year ago, and i think i had to
> compile it from source because the 'stable' branch didnt have it, but
> apart from that it was quite easy to set up.
>
> Feel free to ask me if you need any help with shorewall (ill try to be
> of some use ;) )
>
>
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