RE: [cobalt-users] Can I use Raq3 as Firewall with 3 NICs cards?

["Rodolfo J. Paiz \(E-mail\)" <rpaiz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> I'm already setting up Cobalt Raq3 with 2 NIC cards as fierwall.
> Now I want to use it to put a thierd card in order to setup the
> so-called: collapsed DMZ, such as:
>
> [internet]---[Routeur]---[Firewall]---[LAN]
>                              |
>                            [DMZ]

It is in general not the best idea to put all your eggs in one basket.
Plus, the RaQ3 is your web/mail/ftp server, right? What the heck are you
going to put in the DMZ? Other than databases, which you might put on
your RaQ as well, there's not much else.

Can you afford $1,000 for another box? I'd build myself a nice PC with
three NIC's, install a standard Linux distro on it, and learn how to
make it a firewall with DMZ. Then I'd run *only* that service on it,
which is the best way to get maximum security.

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