Masqueraded Intranet

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Welcome to the home page for Masqueraded Intranet Project.

The main objective of this project is to develop a firewall package that is easy for the end-users to setup
This package would be FREE for download for anyone who needs to setup a firewall for any network environment. It could be for a school with a leased line or even a small company with a PPP link to the Internet.

The package will be developed under Linux RedHat 5.2. The firewall package that would be used is IPCHAIN. The initial part is to write a script to secure the main server. Thereafter, setup a secure channel using APACHE-SLL. The rest of the installation and setup would be would be done from a PC with a web browser.

Current Problems :

	Small networks must have multiple connection to the Internet if more than one workstation need to be connected to it
	Leased-line to ISP is very costly when the connection to the Internet is NOT fully utilised
	It is very costly to have a full leased-line connection to the ISP in term of cost of hardware and software involved
	Insecure to the private network when there is a connection to the ISP/Internet

Solution :

	To implement a masqueraded network
	Have one PPP dialup connection made from the enduser to the ISP/Internet
	Since traffic is not heavy, dial-up would be cheaper than having a leased-line connection
	The dial-up host is also a firewall that protects the private network
	The firewall will be a proxy web server, so that it is able cache all web access
	The firewall is easy to manage as most control and done via web browsers

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