Re: not using debian as firewall!
Hamish Moffatt <hamish@debian.org> writes:
> On Mon, Apr 12, 1999 at 08:31:34PM -0700, David Bristel wrote:
> > Well, the problem with using ANY UNIX type system for a firewall is that it
> > allows for remote logins. Now, a truely secure firewall won't allow for remote
> > logins, which means to disable most features on a system(telnet, ftp, etc...).
>
> Err -- any reason you can't disable these services on Debian too?
> Not running inetd would kill most of them.
OTOH you aren't forced to disable the daemons. It might be sufficient
to shut down the relevant ports via IP packet filter ;-)
Sven
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