Firewalls

Presentations

• Jason Griffey
• Chih-Yen Wang

Firewalls

• Quick demo: WinXP firewall
• Product discussion: home firewalls and routers for broadband Internet
• Firewalls for servers: Firewall and Proxy Server HOWTO
• Sample output from a Linux server (peabody):
  • iptables --list output
  • /etc/sysconfig/iptables configuration file
  • Proxy options for Unix/Linux:
    • Squid (lots of features)
    • SOCKS (an IETF standard). Several implementations to choose from, including commercial products. One free implementation is online at Sourceforge
  • Test your computer's firewall status with Shields Up from Gibson Research