Specifications

Preface
Many thanks to Jürgen Scheiderer, Carsten Höger, Remo Behn, Thomas Biege,
Roman Drahtmüller, Marc Heuse, and Stephan Martin.
The SuSE Firewall on CD 2
The SuSE Firewall on CD is a tool package allowing set up of a firewall solution
for your network. It helps with the related configuration, monitoring, and
administration chores. The complete functionality of the SuSE Firewall on CD
is based on Open Source programs specially selected and enhanced for this
purpose.
The SuSE Firewall on CD protects your local network from illegal access,
manages authorized use of your resources, and provides a controlled channel
through which users on your local network are enabled to communicate with the
Internet.
To reduce the likelihood of the firewall being misconfigured, we recommend
using the Firewall Administration System (FAS), which corrects most user
mistakes by performing a number of sanity checks. FAS ensures a consistent
configuration without limiting the available options.
Total security cannot be achieved by any firewall, not even by the SuSE Firewall
on CD. This package is not intended to serve as a substitute for a proper security
policy and does not eliminate the need to administer, maintain, and monitor
the firewall. It provides a number of tools to make these tasks much easier to
perform.
Note
Although every effort has been made to make SuSE Firewall on CD a se-
cure firewall product, SuSE is unable to guarantee the security of your
system. SuSE cannot be held responsible for any damages caused by in-
sufficient security measures.
Note