Re: SCO 5.0.7 AS FIREWALL

From: Jean-Pierre Radley (jpr_at_jpr.com)
Date: 05/24/05 

Date: 24 May 2005 17:00:49 -0400

pablo hernandez typed (on Tue, May 24, 2005 at 01:37:37PM -0700):
| Jean-Pierre Radley <jpr@jpr.com> wrote in message news:<20050523205840.GC14018@jpradley.jpr.com>...
| > pablo hernandez typed (on Mon, May 23, 2005 at 01:28:26PM -0700):
| > | "Mainak Yajnik" <yajnikmp@gmail.com> wrote in message news:<1116860194.547203.244810@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>...
| > | > Dear Group:
| > | >
| > | > In my last thread I was unable to configure the box acting as router.
| > | > Well with the groups help I was able to do the needful.
| > | >
| > | > A special Thanx to Mr. Tony (aplawrance.com) & JP for helping me achive
| > | > my target.
| > | >
| > | > Apprently I found my server is accessible from Internet and is security
| > | > hazard for my organisation.
| > | >
| > | > I want to block Telnet on the server. I have already configured SSH and
| > | > is working fine.
| > | >
| > | > I also want to have the server to give me secure ftp login.
| > | >
| > | > My current Security setting of SCO box is set to Traditional.
| > | >
| > | >
| > | > Mainak
| > |
| > | In my opinion is better to install a hardware firewall like zysell on
| > | the WAN side , then is easy to configure it to only access some
| > | services.
| >
| > Why is it any harder than doing it with ipf?
|
| In my humble opinion , an external wall cuts all WAN activity , but
| host can still serve the LAN .
| On the conceptual side , an externall wall is better thatn joining the
| wall and castel .
|
| but this is only my humble opinion

OK, I understand your point of view, but my question was why the
conjoined wall is harder to configure than the separate wall? :-) 

-- 
JP

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