[VPN] Network Design for security.

[Jacob]

Scan your network for any open ports.  See if anything else is running you 
are unaware of.  Any free port scanner would work.  I use LanGuard Network 
Scanner.

Complex passwords.  7 or more characters long.  Use characters like:  !@#$%^&()

Firewall.  Zone Alarm.  Or you can create on with that linux box.  I do not 
know how to do that, but it has because discussed on many lists.

That would be three places I would start.

At 04:51 AM 4/18/2003 +0000, you wrote:
>Hello. Recently my network was hacked, and I'm planning on rebuilding my
>network (they hacked an outdated ftp server that I was unaware was
>running). I'm not sure if this should really be going on this mailing
>list, but I was wondering if anyone would know a decent network design
>that would implement great security.
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>My home LAN currently consists of a cisco 2507 router (11.2 IOS, soon to
>upgrade IOS) linksys router (four port). A laptop running slackware, a box 
>running win98, and two other boxes running linux (one box is in a serious 
>need for an upgrade, but I don't have the funds to do it yet). My one box 
>has three NIC cards in it as well, so it could be used as a router.
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>I was just curious if anyone has a good idea for a network design that I
>could implement for maximum security. I'm currently somewhat clueless when 
>it comes to networks. I'd also like to know where I should be placing the 
>VPN, and wether or not I should be using PoPToP or FreeS/WAN.
>
>Any ideas or comments would be appreciated!
>
>Thanks
>
>Garrett Sinfield.
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