[techtalk] Firewalls und an off-topic Solaris question

[mc]

I can't help with the firewall question, but for Solaris, take a look at "A
Practical Guide to Solaris" by Mark Sobell.

mc

----- Original Message -----
From: "Brian Sweeney" <bsweeney at physics.ucsb.edu>
To: "Techtalk at Linuxchix. Org" <techtalk at linuxchix.org>
Sent: Friday, July 06, 2001 11:02 AM
Subject: [techtalk] Firewalls und an off-topic Solaris question


> Hey all,
>
> Have a couple of questions for you.  First, I'm setting up a Linux box
with
> 64-bit PCI Gig ethernet cards.  One SX, and one copper.  It's going to act
> as a firewall.
>
> So, the first question is has anyone had any experience with Linux
> firewalling and Gig speeds?  Are there horrible throughput issues?  Any
> other gotchas?  I'll be testing throughput today or monday against another
> SX box, but I unfortunately don't have another gig copper box to test
> against.  Ah well.
>
> The second question's a bit easier, and I think it's been asked before but
> not answered.  A friend of mine recently got a job as a Solaris admin
(much
> to his chagrin; more like he got stuck with the job), and needs a good
> Solaris Admin book that's somewhat basic.  Any suggestions?
>
> Thanks all...
>
> -Brian
>
> -----------------------------------------
> Brian Sweeney
> bsweeney at physics.ucsb.edu
>
> "The life expectancy of an unpatched, default installation of Red Hat 6.2
> server is three days. The last time we attempted to confirm this, the
system
> was compromised in eight hours."
> -The Honeynet Project
>
>
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