[ale] [Fwd: Consultant wanted for setting up firewall/router]

[Steven A. DuChene]

OK, another remote Linux consulting opportunity! :-)
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Michael Flaster wrote:
> 
> We have arranged for a 56k frame relay internet connection
> in our new office in Northern New Jersey.  We are trying to
> decide what to do about our router and firewall.  Our ISP
> recommended a Cisco 1005 router.  I know there a bunch of cards
> that could plug into a Linux PC that can speak frame relay.
> Would performance suffer terribly if one box was our router/firewall/
> internet server?  Do I need to get a separate box for the router?
> Bear in mind that we're *not* an ISP, we're just a (small)
> company that wants its employees to be able to surf
> the net.  (Only for Good, never for Evil... :-) )
> 
> Ideally, we'd like to hire a consultant to help us set up.
> I guess our security requirements is that no one on the net can connect
> to our internal machines at all.  They *could* telnet to
> our firewall, however, ideally with one-time passwords.  From there,
> the internal machines could be accessed.  We want
> our internal machines to be able to run Netscape, telnet, and
> ftp, and for there to be some way for people to read mail
> (POP server on the firewall?)...  Oh, and we'd like to have
> a web server and ftp server...
> 
> Thanks in advance!
> 
> Mike
> 
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> Michael Flaster                     //      Mail: flaster at qts.com
> Quantum Telecom Solutions           //      PGP: finger flaster at panix.com

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