Run Your Linux Firewall Halted for Extra Security

[Ben Beeson]

Dusty,

	Yes, you can use Linux to build a bridging firewall.  The article at:  
http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=4478 describes how some folks 
at the Joint Astronomy Center (Mauna Kea) did just that. 

Good luck,

Ben  

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

On 2/8/02, 1:21:31 PM, Dustin Cross <dusty at sandust.com> wrote regarding 
[luau] Re: Run Your Linux Firewall Halted for Extra Security:


> Can you set-up a linux firewall as a bridge?  With OpenBSD several people 
are
> setting up OpenBSD with two NICs with NO IPs and then bridging between 
them.  All
> traffic passes through the bridge and the firewall determins what to do 
with it,
> but there is no way to connect to the firewall.  Here is an article about 
it.  I
> haven't tried it, because I use my firewall for NAT also, but it sounds 
pretty cool.

> http://www.daemonnews.org/200103/ipf_bridge.html


> Dusty

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