Re: Squid, Caldera & Firewall

From: Dancer <dancer@dont-contact.us>
Date: Wed, 02 Jun 1999 16:41:29 +1000

Lukman Wiryahadi Kusuma wrote:
>
> Dear All,
>
> I am new user of squid, and I am using Caldera Open Linux 1.3 to replace
> our NT Server because NT always crash.
>
> some questions that I need to know :
> 1. Does squid run on Caldera Open Linux 1.3 (with LibC, not glibC).
> Because I only know squid for glibc RedHat

Yes, I should think.

> 2. Does Squid act as a firewall? is there firewall feature in squid?

No, but firewalling is well-supported in Linux.

> 3. Is there any sugestion for firewall software on Linux?

ipfwadm or ipchains depending on which version of the kernel Open Linux
1.3 comes with (I'd guess it to be a 2.0.x kernel, so probably ipfwadm
would be the program you want)

> Please, I need your help, because our office need to throw away NT
> immediately and replace all the functionality to Linux.

Hope it works out.

D
Received on Wed Jun 02 1999 - 00:52:17 MDT

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