Home Security.

From: Pearson, Andrew (Andrew_Pearson@adc.com)
Date: 04/30/02 

From: "Pearson, Andrew" <Andrew_Pearson@adc.com>
To: "'SECURITY-BASICS@securityfocus.com'" <SECURITY-BASICS@securityfocus.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2002 10:08:26 -0500

Hi everyone,

I've been reading this mailing-list for a while now, and it seems that you guys are probably the best group to ask in regards to security, so I thought that i'd fire a few at you...
O.k., basically I'm trying to set up a good, secure home network which is connected to the Internet via an ADSL line. At the moment i've got a machine that will be my firewall, a machine that will act as my DHCP / DNS / VPN...... server and finally another machine that can be only used as a client with Linux on it..

i.e.

INTERNET ----------------ADSL Modem------Firewall Machine-------HUB--------Server
                                                                 |____
                                                                                             Linux Client.
My questions are these:
1) What is the best operating system / firewall software combination to use on the firewall machine? (I think i'd prefer to use a MS product though)
2) My ADSL line which connects to the firewall uses USB, so is it still a router? since it doesn't have 2 NIC's.....
3) Obviously, my firewall machine will have to act as a router, so what is the best software to use to achieve this?
3) I've got Win 2000 Server as my server machine, but I can't seem to Install any Anti-Viral software or Firewall software... Is this just my machine, or is it a problem with Win 2000?
4) If I want to make my network secure, is there any other products I should invest in, besides Anti-Virus and Firewall software?
5) Lastly, what would I need (besides telnet) to use to access my Linux box from the server securely? (If the server is an MS-OS) would Exceed do it?

Well, That's enough questions!

Thanks for your help in Advance...

Andy.

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