Astaro Security Gateway - Setting up a Public Web Server with Web Application Firewall
I run an Astaro Security Gateway (ASG) from Sophos (now called Sophos Unified Threat Management (UTM)) for the bulk of my firewall needs at home. Sophos (and Astaro before them) did a nice thing in allowing Home Users to run the product for up to 50 internal IP addresses for free. You can download the home version of the product here, including a VMware Appliance, which is what I use. This is not your run-of-the-mill firewall and as such the configuration for various options can be quite tricky. I recently wanted to expose an internal server’s web server on a public URL so I could access it when I’m not at home. There are two ways of accomplishing...