Firewall softwares

depam · 03-10-2006, 10:32 AM

Hi! I recently installed Mepis. WHat I noticed about this Distro is that already has a User Friendly Firewall Guarddog. I am wondering if this firewall is strong enough to protect our servers. I'm quite new to Linux and Networking but there are some proposals for me to buy a expensive firewall (around $ 2,000). Can Guarddog be a good alternative for this? I want to setup a Firewall router. Does Guarddog support port forwarding? If not, what other firewall softwares can you suggest? Thanks in advance.

celejar · 03-10-2006, 10:57 AM

Guidedog is the companion to Guarddog that provides port forwarding.

depam · 03-11-2006, 03:02 AM

Thanks man...One more thing, the machine I have has two ethernet cards (static IP provided by my ISP and a local line). Do I need to setup a squid service to share the internet? Does guarddog has a internet connetion sharing (web cache proxy)? I know firestarter can do this.

silverman · 03-11-2006, 04:26 AM

take a look at shorewall firewall if your not happy with your present setup....

celejar · 03-13-2006, 10:15 AM

Guidedog can do what you want; you need to enable port forwarding and NAT (IP Masquerade). See here.