On 04/11/03 22:36 +0530, Dee at TechBeta wrote: <snip hardware config>
Web Server Mail server File Server
And Squid for user access and firewall.
Major overkill. Just make sure that the NICs have an Intel chipset and a large buffer (something which the rtl8139 based cards miss).
But now I don't want like that...i want to use the server as router so that I can control everything... Is it possible to do it ?
Yes. http://iptables-tutorial.frozentux.net/
- I want something like login system to access the net for everyone.. what
script/ authentication system shall I use any idea ?
You can use authentication for squid for web surfing, but that will not block application which do not go through squid. Personally, I would setup NIS/LDAP as centralized authentication and push firewall rules based on login and logout events for the LDAP server.
Devdas Bhagat