[K12OSN] Security

[Brad Thomas]

So basically I will have to look for a hardware solution for that type 
of setup?  Is there not anything on the server itself that I would be 
able to configure to only allow http requests to go out of it?

Petre Scheie wrote:

> I would think that such firewalling/segregating would be a function of 
> your main router, to separate the LTSP traffic from the rest of the 
> network, by VLAN or otherwise.  So, eth0 will connect to the 
> hospital's router/switch, which should be configured to allow that 
> port to connect to the internet.  Eth1 will go to a switch that all 
> the clients connect to.
>
> Yes, there is a firewall within the Linux system underneath K12LTSP, 
> but I don't think that's the right place to look for a solution to 
> your problem.
>
> Petre
>
> Brad Thomas wrote:
>
>> I'm not really new to Linux, but when it comes to security in Linux, 
>> I'm lost.  I am wanting to setup K12 here at my hospital as a 
>> educational lab for the children here, however, I need to make sure 
>> that they will not be able to access the hospital LAN, and any 
>> outside access that they do have will only be on the Internet.  Is 
>> there a firewall between eth0 and eth1 by default?  What are the 
>> details on that?
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
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