Summary
In this first case-study chapter of this book, we've analyzed a couple of scenarios that we can classify as "small" networks, for which we've built firewall and QoS.
The chapter presented:
- How to make a SOHO router out of a PC running Linux
- How to secure a SOHO network
- How to use Linux as router for a small to medium office, and how to secure such a network
- How to perform transparent proxy using Squid and iptables
- How to perform NAPT to redirect traffic for certain ports to other hosts using Linux
- How to split bandwidth between the devices in a SOHO environment using HTB
- How to do bandwidth shaping using CBQ
- How to use the L7-filter project to shape traffic consumed by certain applications
- Most important, how to think, define, and apply security ...
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