This could be be answered with an opion or opion based on results... This could also be answered in a more detailed answer than I looking for. This more than likely has already been answered multiple times but I wanted to interact with the board
If I have a web server behind a router that is forwarding all request to port 80 on my internal machine, and now I want to install an IDS and firewall solution to help protect the box, should I a) install everything on one box b) install the IDS on one box, the web and firewall on another, or c) install each on a seperate machine and put the firwall box behind the router but infront of the web server? Thanks in advance for the suggestions and thoughts. The server(s) will be slackware and the IDS will be snort, not settled on a firewall yet.