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Date:      Fri, 10 Aug 2001 10:46:37 +1000 (EST)
From:      =?iso-8859-1?q?Keith=20Spencer?= <bsd2000au@yahoo.com.au>
To:        Tabor Kelly <pdxmax@dsl-only.net>
Cc:        fbsd <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Separate firewall or not?
Message-ID:  <20010810004637.15724.qmail@web12004.mail.yahoo.com>
In-Reply-To: <11621029839.20010809174155@dsl-only.net>

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Hi Tabor,
Thanks! If I don't remove the compiler can I restrict
it? Can I stop shell accounts?
Do I put DNS on the firewall or behind it?
Thanks
keith 

--- Tabor Kelly <pdxmax@dsl-only.net> wrote: > IMHO
you should use a separate firewall. I wouldn't
> take your compiler
> off of it, it makes certain tasks very difficult
> (like building a new
> kernel).
> 
> Personally, I leave one thing on my firewall: sshd.
> 
> There are many reasons not to use a normal server as
> a firewall, one
> large one is that, you only need 2 accounts on a
> firewall: root, and
> one user account. On a webserver you frequently have
> many, many
> account, all of which can be used against you!
> 
> Note: I am not a network security expert, though I
> like to pretend
> that I know a little bit about security.
> 
> On Thursday, August 09, 2001, 4:57:28 PM, Keith
> wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> sorry to repeat but I am in the middle of an urgent
> anti-hacking rebuild.
> Should I build a separate preimeter firewall machine
> with only that on it...restrict/remove compilers etc
> (how do I do that?) and have the router/dns/web/wail
> server inside the perimeter.
> OR
> should I simply put IPFW on the router/dns/web/mail
> server?
> Any ideas guys?
> Tjhanks
> Keith
> 
>
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