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Re: firewall script



Henry Hollenberg writes:
> dpkg -i `find . -name "libc5_*.deb"`
> dpkg -i `find . -name "libc5-dev_*.deb"`
> ...

Why all these old packages? Do you use bo? I don't think this is a good idea
for a firewall.

> dpkg -i `find . -name "dpkg-dev_*.deb"`
> dpkg -i `find .. -name "electric-fence_*.deb"`
> dpkg -i `find . -name "gcc_*.deb"`
> dpkg -i `find . -name "gdb_*.deb"`
> dpkg -i `find . -name "kernel-source-2.0.30_*.deb"` <<EOF
> Henry Hollenberg
> speed@barney.iamerica.net
> EOF

Why do you need all these development packages? Okay, if you want to compile
your own kernel you need some, but not dpkg-dev, gdb and electric-fence.

Besides, 2.0.30 is vulnerable by a teardrop attack.

> dpkg -i `find . -name "patch_*.deb"`

Same question again: Why this?

Michael

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