RE: Home Security.

From: Vachon, Scott (Scott.Vachon@Paymentech.com)
Date: 05/01/02 

From: "Vachon, Scott" <Scott.Vachon@Paymentech.com>
To: "'SECURITY-BASICS@securityfocus.com'" <SECURITY-BASICS@securityfocus.com>
Date: Wed, 1 May 2002 13:38:54 -0500

>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)

BSD or Linux if not MS, otherwise you could try out Tiny Personal Firewall
on top of XP or 2000. TPF is free and IMHO very good.

>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.....
NO. I assume you may be running PPoE somewhere for the ISP connectivity.

>3) Obviously, my firewall machine will have to act as a router, so what is
the best software to use to achieve this?
Hmm.. not sure but if you really want a router and firewall why not use one
of the cheap SOHO products like Linksys or Netgear ? Otherwise, I suppose
you could buy a Cisco DSL router.

>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?
Not sure on this one...perhaps a permission problem ???

>4) If I want to make my network secure, is there any other products I
should invest in, besides Anti-Virus and Firewall software?
Perhaps logging and or SNMP software. This will allow you to collect info,
monitor changes, and/or make network changes.

>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?

Not sure with Exceed but, I would recommend ssh vice telnet...

Disclaimer: My own humble two cents...

~S~

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