[CentOS] firewall?

Sat Jul 16 11:55:23 UTC 2011
Rudi Ahlers <Rudi at SoftDux.com>

On Sat, Jul 16, 2011 at 1:46 PM, Ljubomir Ljubojevic <office at plnet.rs> wrote:
> Fajar Priyanto wrote:
>> Do this:
>> 1. Make sure your Centos has two network card. One connected to
>> internet, one to local lan. Make sure the Centos can already browsing
>> internet.
>> Example internet: eth0 192.168.1.1
>> local: eth1 192.168.2.1
>
> Just as a FYI, shorewall does support single NIC systems,
> and it also supports Multiple Internet connection scenarios.
>
> That being said, one should *never* create firewall with only one NIC!
> It is highly unsafe.
>
> Ljubomir
>


How exactly is it unsafe?



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