Firewall and Proxy Server HOWTO
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Firewall and Proxy Server HOWTO................................................................................................................1
Mark Grennan,mark@grennan.com.......................................................................................................11. Introduction..........................................................................................................................................12. Understanding Firewalls......................................................................................................................13. Firewall Architecture ..........................................................................................................................14. Setting up theLinux Filtering Firewall ...............................................................................................15. Software requirements.........................................................................................................................16. Preparing theLinux system.................................................................................................................17. IP filtering setup (IPFWADM)............................................................................................................28. IP filtering setup (IPCHAINS).............................................................................................................29. Installing a Transparent SQUID proxy................................................................................................210. Installing theTIS Proxy server..........................................................................................................211. The SOCKSProxy Server.................................................................................................................212. Advanced Configurations..................................................................................................................213. Making Management Easy................................................................................................................214. Defeating aProxy Firewall................................................................................................................215. APPENDEXA − Example Scripts....................................................................................................216. APPENDEXB − An VPNRC Script for RedHat.............................................................................21. Introduction..........................................................................................................................................31.1 Feedback............................................................................................................................................31.2 Disclaimer .........................................................................................................................................31.3 Copyright...........................................................................................................................................31.4 My Reasonsfor Writing this..............................................................................................................41.5 Further Readings................................................................................................................................42. Understanding Firewalls......................................................................................................................42.1 Firewall Politics.................................................................................................................................5How it create a security policy...................................................................................................52.2 Types of Firewalls..............................................................................................................................5Packet FilteringFirewalls...........................................................................................................6Proxy Servers..............................................................................................................................6Application Proxy.......................................................................................................................6SOCKSProxy.............................................................................................................................73. Firewall Architecture ..........................................................................................................................73.1 Dial−up Architecture.........................................................................................................................73.2 Single Router Architecture................................................................................................................73.3 Firewall with Proxy Server................................................................................................................73.4 Redundent Internet Configuration.....................................................................................................84. Setting up theLinux Filtering Firewall ...............................................................................................84.1 Hardware requirements......................................................................................................................95. Software requirements.........................................................................................................................95.1 Selecting a Kernel..............................................................................................................................95.2 Selecting a proxy server.....................................................................................................................96. Preparing theLinux system...............................................................................................................106.1 Compiling the Kernel.......................................................................................................................106.2 Configuringtwo network cards.......................................................................................................116.3 Configuring the Network Addresses................................................................................................116.4 Testing your network.......................................................................................................................136.5 Securing the Firewall.......................................................................................................................14
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7. IP filtering setup (IPFWADM)..........................................................................................................158. IP filtering setup (IPCHAINS)...........................................................................................................179. Installing a Transparent SQUID proxy..............................................................................................1910. Installing theTIS Proxy server........................................................................................................1910.1 Getting thesoftware.......................................................................................................................1910.2 Compiling the TISFWTK.............................................................................................................1910.3 Installing the TIS FWTK ..............................................................................................................1910.4 Configuring the TIS FWTK...........................................................................................................19The netperm−table file..............................................................................................................20The /etc /services file.................................................................................................................2311. The SOCKS Proxy Server...............................................................................................................2311.1 Setting up the Proxy Server...........................................................................................................2311.2 Configuring the Proxy Server........................................................................................................23The Access File.........................................................................................................................23The Routing File.......................................................................................................................2411.3 Working With a Proxy Server........................................................................................................25Unix..........................................................................................................................................25MS Windows with Trumpet Winsock ......................................................................................25Gettingthe Proxy Server to work with UDP Packets...............................................................2611.4 Drawbacks with Proxy Servers......................................................................................................2612. Advanced Configurations................................................................................................................2612.1 A large network with emphasis on security...................................................................................27The Network Setup...................................................................................................................27The Proxy Setup........................................................................................................................2813. Making Management Easy..............................................................................................................2913.1 Firewall tools.................................................................................................................................2913.2 General tools..................................................................................................................................29...............................................................................................................................................................30
15. APPENDEXA − Example Scripts..................................................................................................3015.1 RC Script useing GFCC.................................................................................................................3015.2 GFCC script...................................................................................................................................3115.3 RC Script without GFCC This is the firewall rules set built my hand. It does not use GFCC......3216. APPENDEX B − An VPN RC Script for RedHat...........................................................................36
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