Date: Tue, 21 Apr 1998 20:28:55 -0500 From: "Mike Grommet" <mgrommet@insolwwb.net> To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: I need guidance with a installation... Message-ID: <002501bd6d8e$03f651e0$02941fce@work1.insolwwb.net>
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Hi guys... I need some advice.... I have been put in charge of an installation of a server running freebsd that will act as a mail server and an internet web server, plus dns for a large factory office. The actual web server setup and mail setup is simple and I feel pretty confident there but I need advice as to whether or not I have this thing figured right... Heres the plan... please point out any flaws... I am planning on setting up the in-house network on a non-internet class C , like 192.0.2.* and will set up the unix box on an internet class ip number say, 206.31.148.99 or somesuch... Now I want to have the 192.0.2.* machines to be able to surf the net and receive email and perform other net capacitities, I would assume through some sort of proxy service... this is possible right? How do I link the two networks together? I'm a little fuzzy how this works... please point me to any documentation you can think of. Now about firewalls... I've never set one up so I am a lot fuzzy here... The first question is do I even need a firewall since the ip's on the 192.0.2.* network are not internet accessible... If I should go ahead and set up a firewall, do you guys suggest one at the router level? or is it possible to run one on the same machine that will be acting as a dns server, mail server and web server? Heres a hypothetical question for you... if I set up a firewall on a machine and the network behind it is on internetable IP's, how do I govern all traffic coming into the network... the configuration I have in mind is: basically traffic comes from the router, into a hub and on the network from there... how do I make it so that all traffic goes into the actual firewall machine? Sorry for all the silly questions, I just don't know much about this and I need answers to give to the powers that be... Thanks again for any help you provide. I don't want to screw this up. Mike Grommet System Admin, and all around nice guy Internet Solutions, Inc. mgrommet@insolwwb.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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