[PLUG] Running firewall and services on one box?

Alex Daniloff alex at daniloff.com
Wed May 1 19:31:26 UTC 2002


Hello,
Thank you for your reply.

In our situation firewall box should provide access for trusted remote
hosts to our Eng. Database over ssh, password protected user ftp
directory and user web server directories and may be telnet connection
(although it's not secure).

Alex 

> What is going to be on this webserver/SQL database? If it's doing 
> ecommerce, then maybe the corporate lawyer should be talking to your
boss 
> about putting the assets of the company at risk. If it's just static
pages, 
> with no proprietary info on them, then it becomes a question of how
much 
> exposure to ridicule can the company stand.
> 
> At 10:36 AM 5/1/2002 -0700, you wrote:
> >So,I need to show him justification why it's dangerouse practice.
> >His position on this issue is that using iptables you can separate
> >Internet NIC from Intranet NIC, setup NAT and masquerading and put
all
> >unnessesary ports on Internet interface in stealth mode.
> 
> Russ Johnson
> http://www.dimstar.net
> 
> 
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> the continuing viability of FORTRAN.
>                  -- Alan Perlis
> 
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