Date: Tue, 12 Mar 1996 16:59:08 +1100 (EST) From: Anthony Hill <ahill@interconnect.com.au> To: "Helio Coelho Jr. - CompuLand Informatica" <compland@ism.com.br> Cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: proxy server Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.91.960312165246.21444B-100000@tulpi.interconnect.com.au> In-Reply-To: <199603091941.QAA05819@unix1.ism.com.br>
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> Can someone suggest me a proxy server to combine with apache httpd ? > > Question: There is any sense in putting two ethernet controlers in a proxy > server to phisically separate the internal (protected) network from > the external ? Sure is.......then you can use the catch-phrase of the year, and tell people you've got a firewall. (half a firewall anyway). Now if you deny all connection requests from the external network to the internal network, you will make the hackers job that much harder. (You will however need to get your users to use an ftp client capable of passive mode ftp, or get them to use a web browser.) > > TIA! > Helio. > >
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