DSL at last -- but is it secure?

[Condon Thomas A KPWA]

Folks,

DSL has finally come down my street (we are out of range of the normal
process and needed a repeater).  My DSL modem** was delivered yesterday and
I'm told the line should go active on Thursday.

** Actiontec Wireless-Ready DSL Gateway that (in theory) includes firewall,
router and 4 port switch.

I have a small home LAN with two Linux (SuSE 7 & 8) workstations, a Mac
(LCIII) and two laptops, one Linux (RH7) and one Win95.  The two
workstations are the only machines normally left on.

I've been reading all I can find on how to set this up so that all my
machines can access the internet through this gateway without (excessive)
risk.

I'll be hosting a couple of low-traffic web sites on one of my workstations,
though, so I need to learn about setting up an Apache server.  I'm also
concerned about security loopholes.

Any considerations or suggestions for securing my network would be
appreciated.  TIA.


In Harmony's Way, and In A Chord,

Tom  :-})

Thomas A. Condon
Barbershop Bass Singer
Registered Linux User #154358
A Jester Unemployed