[plug] squid

[Steve Grasso]

On Tue, 01 Aug 2000, Matt Kemner wrote:
> On Tue, 1 Aug 2000, Mike wrote:
> 
> > Would you recommend a firewall as well or isn't it really necessary ?
> 
> If you set up a Linux box as dialup-gateway with either just squid running
> on it, or with IP masqueraring if they also want to be able to do other
> things, the linux box will act as a Firewall in the sense that nobody on
> the outside can talk directly to the computers on the inside.
> 
> It is then up to you to ensure the Linux box is as secure as possible,

In that last regard, you may like to look at the Linux Administrator's Security
Guide for some pointers (if you need to):

http://www.securityportal.com/lasg/

Steve