October 2001
Intermediate to advanced
350 pages
8h 42m
English
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Chapter 14. Security and NAT Issues
IN THIS CHAPTER WE’LL TAKE A BRIEF look at the security issues involved in configuring your own Linux router and how you can use your router to improve your overall network security. This is a pretty big topic, so this chapter will mainly serve as an overview rather than an in-depth study. Some of the concepts in this chapter will go a bit beyond routing, including some basics of creating a firewall with ipchains and Netfilter.
One of the pluses of using Linux for your router is that you’re also able to enable other networking features you might not typically find in routers. However, that does tend to make the ...