Besides outbound filtering. I like the edition of zerina(i think thats spelled right) Its an awesome vpn gui/management addon for smoothy. Smoothy seems to play better with cisco. Have not tested and proven that yet. I LIKE ALL THE ADDOns (dang caplocks) that smoothy has to offer.

Untangle is just way to fancy and bloated with extras a FW does not need. Mainly a system resource hog IMHO. i will start another thread later that i could use some help with. i want a cisco router after the smoothy so i can incorperate vlans. Its not configureing the cisco devices. its trying to get everything to work correctly. hahah

I like active forums. I have built a few firewalls using smoothwal, ipcop, and untangle. though i prefer smoothwall. I have even built my own routers using vyatta. My interests are for sure pen testing. I want to find a book that is not all theory. I want to find a book that says here is the tool and how to use it. BUT doesnt give me all the answers. I dont want to be some guy who just follows examples. i want to be taught how to use the tools but continues learning. Im hoping the offsec labs do this for me

My home ccnp lab consists of 3 routers, 4 switches(some with fiber), and bout 6 PC's that are not built yet. I have a secure server cabnit that holds everything.

Saweet action. thanx guys. I have picked up the CEH study guide and CEHv6 tools and labs.

I also borrowed a book from someone back east. the book is supposedly the lab book to offensive security 101 from 2007. Since all i have is the lab book, i hope following that will help me out with de-ice and what not. But what exactly am i trying to accomplish with deice? is it just get the username and password and thats it? or is there more to it. I have read the scenario but didnt really tell me what i needed to do.

Since i am unemployed and a professional student. I will check to see if my local library has thomas's book.

I also currently own a CCNP/CCIE lab. will this be needed at all?

Thanx for your time. i look forward to understanding this realm with more respect that i currently do.

OHH one more thing. How active are these forums?

thnx

Matt

Ello all. Im new here and brand spakin new to the world of net security. I am in ccnp classes so i do know networking. however i have never ever done security. i have setup virtual box and installed winxpprosp2, bt3, deice and win2k3 server. Now what do i do? lol. How do i accomplish the task for deice? where do i begin?

EDIT
Let me re-phrase this. I dont know what to ask since i have never delt with security. What should i ask? Where should i start. Is de-ice 1.100 to advanced for a beginer?
thanx

Matt