routing and firewalls

[wurmy]

can i set up a router AND a firewall on the same machine have it work right and/or work at all?
i plan on having a windows machine and another linux machine working as a webserver, 3 systems total.
i have cable modem access and a hub. i am assuming the firewall/router will come from the cable modem to one nic, and the other nic will go to the hub, and the other 2 machines will go to the hub. is this feasible?


wurmy

[wurmy]

addition to that post:

i would also like a mailserver running on the webserver machine.

[FoBoT]

Originally posted by wurmy:
<STRONG>. is this feasible?


wurmy</STRONG>

yes, if you want a simple pre-setup system like that, then check out www.e-smith.org (http://www.e-smith.org)

if you want to build it from scratch, then pick a distro and go for it! :)

[Pika]

not only is it feasible, its how most firewalls work.

astaro (www.astaro.com) has a pretty mature linux based firewall solution (which also acts as a router). But my advice to you is to build your own, thereby learning all the tricks and caveats of firewalls.....

[wurmy]

cool. that's good to hear.
i'll get started...and i'm sure i'll be asking a lot more questions during the process. =)

[PhilB]

I run a firewall, router, apache, sendmail, ssh, telnet, ftp (and most other little bits and bats) on my home Linux box, so yes, perfectly feasible.

Be sure to ask away :) it's not too hard..