Using eBox As A Gateway: Firewall, Traffic Shaping, HTTP Proxy And More | Linux Today

Using eBox As A Gateway: Firewall, Traffic Shaping, HTTP Proxy And More

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jun 12, 2010

[ Thanks to Falko
Timme
for this link. ]

“eBox Platform is the Linux small business server that allows
you to manage all your network services like firewall, DHCP, DNS,
VPN, proxy, IDS, mail, file and printer sharing, VoIP, IM and much
more. These functionalities are tightly integrated, automating most
tasks, avoiding mistakes and saving time for system
administrators.

“This article will show you step by step how to use eBox as a
Gateway, featuring network configuration, load balancing between
two Internet connections with WAN failover and multigateway rules
for policy routing, traffic shaping, DHCP and DNS cache for the LAN
network and HTTP proxy with different content filtering policies
and antivirus.”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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