Firewall Configuration with new change
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@Lakshmana said:
@scottalanmiller My manager said me to install firewall with IPtables only
Your manager is an idiot. There is no way around that.
But even still, use SmoothWall, it uses IPTables. So you meet his requirements in a more sensible way. Installing CentOS makes no sense.
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@scottalanmiller Ok OK.I need to install the smoothwall in the centos and after that I need to do that.Right
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When I tried to give the centos machine IP as 192.168.200.40/24 and gateway as 192.168.200.1/24.But the system in VM did not ping after giving gateway in the ifconfig of eth0
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@Lakshmana said:
@scottalanmiller Ok OK.I need to install the smoothwall in the centos and after that I need to do that.Right
It's a pre-built appliance. You'd need to just download whatever Router OS you are going to use and install it.
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@thecreativeone91 how to download ?sudo apt-get install ????
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@Lakshmana said:
@thecreativeone91 how to download ?sudo apt-get install ????
Not. It's not an application package. (CentOS uses Yum not apt-get anyway) but it's a pre-bulit system of applications, configs, etc.
https://www.pfsense.org/download/
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@Lakshmana said:
@thecreativeone91 how to download ?sudo apt-get install ????
CentOS uses yum, not apt-get. apt-get is Ubuntu.
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@thecreativeone91 said:
@Lakshmana said:
@thecreativeone91 how to download ?sudo apt-get install ????
Not. It's not an application package. (CentOS uses Yum not apt-get anyway) but it's a pre-bulit system of applications, configs, etc.
https://www.pfsense.org/download/
http://www.smoothwall.org/download/Exactly. Wipe your current VM and start over. Download a pre-built ISO and install that.
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@thanksajdotcom said:
@Lakshmana said:
@thecreativeone91 how to download ?sudo apt-get install ????
CentOS uses yum, not apt-get. apt-get is Ubuntu.
No it's Debian distro's not just Ubuntu.
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@thanksajdotcom Ok I will do in morning at office.Its around 1 AM
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@thanksajdotcom OK I understood I am in sleepy mood.So forgot that
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@thecreativeone91 said:
@thanksajdotcom said:
@Lakshmana said:
@thecreativeone91 how to download ?sudo apt-get install ????
CentOS uses yum, not apt-get. apt-get is Ubuntu.
No it's Debian distro's not just Ubuntu.
Of which the most common distro is Ubuntu. I doubt he'd be running true Debian. I am aware it's Debian in general. But being that verbose just gets more confusing for a novice, which I do not mean offense by this, but he clearly is.
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@thanksajdotcom This smoothwall seems to be ISO file.I need to do that only in CentOS 6.5
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@Lakshmana said:
@thanksajdotcom This smoothwall seems to be ISO file.I need to do that only in CentOS 6.5
Why can you only use CentOS?
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Several of the questions you have been asking make it seem like you are either a college student, or are just being given busy work by your manager. It really doesn't make a whole lot of sense to only use CentOS 6.5 for this when there are much leaner distributions designed specifically for this task.
One of the things I learned when I started in IT (although I'm still relatively new to this considering some of the other members) was that you should always question the motivation of a task you are given. It helps you learn why you are doing something instead of just the how. Could also lead to finding something your manager wasn't aware of (like Smoothwall or pfSense) and show you initiative to learn and find the best solution for the business.
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@Lakshmana said:
@thanksajdotcom This smoothwall seems to be ISO file.I need to do that only in CentOS 6.5
Why? That wasn't in the requirements that you said before and is just plain silly. Is your manager out to sabotage you and the clients? He seems insane.
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@coliver said:
One of the things I learned when I started in IT (although I'm still relatively new to this considering some of the other members) was that you should always question the motivation of a task you are given. It helps you learn why you are doing something instead of just the how. Could also lead to finding something your manager wasn't aware of (like Smoothwall or pfSense) and show you initiative to learn and find the best solution for the business.
In business and psychology circles this is called "thinking at a goal level." You need to not focus on the tasks and forget WHY you are doing something.
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@scottalanmiller said:
@Lakshmana said:
@thanksajdotcom This smoothwall seems to be ISO file.I need to do that only in CentOS 6.5
Why? That wasn't in the requirements that you said before and is just plain silly. Is your manager out to sabotage you and the clients? He seems insane.
His manager is just stupid. He has a way of doing something in his head because he probably heard or read something once and is clinging to something he doesn't even understand. I agree with @coliver. If it's already designed and pre-packagaed for you, why make it harder on yourself?
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@scottalanmiller said:
@coliver said:
One of the things I learned when I started in IT (although I'm still relatively new to this considering some of the other members) was that you should always question the motivation of a task you are given. It helps you learn why you are doing something instead of just the how. Could also lead to finding something your manager wasn't aware of (like Smoothwall or pfSense) and show you initiative to learn and find the best solution for the business.
In business and psychology circles this is called "thinking at a goal level." You need to not focus on the tasks and forget WHY you are doing something.
Agreed.
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Is your manager getting bad directions from a client or from his manager? Why is he coming up with pointless requirements? It seems like he wants you to fail or wants the client to have risk. Or just trying to waste time and money.
