On Wed, Mar 07, 2007 at 10:34:03AM -0800, Raquel wrote: > On Wed, 7 Mar 2007 13:23:02 -0500 > Rick Thomas <rbthomas55@pobox.com> wrote: > > > > > On Mar 5, 2007, at 6:20 PM, Greg Vickers wrote: > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > I am building a couple of PCs which will be used for public > > > Internet access in a small library. These PCs will also be on > > > the same physical network as the 'office' PCs. Obviously I'd > > > like these PCs to have seriously restricted access to the > > > local network, what I'd like to know is can anyone recommend a > > > resource to me on locking down public access Debian-based > > > Linux computers? > > > > It would seem to me that your best bet would be to spend $50 for a > > > > firewall. I'm told Linksys makes one that can run Debian Linux. > > > > Rick > > > > Why do that when it can be done for free using a software firewall > ... Shorewall for instance? AOL! use shorewall and setup your public computers in their own zone and only allow them to acess the stuff you want. much like setting up a dmz for online servers. and the shorewall website is rife with good documentation. A
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