Re: firewall for a client
On 2004-12-06 Víctor A. Ramos wrote:
> On Mon, 2004-12-06 at 12:42 +0100, Ansgar -59cobalt- Wiechers wrote:
>> On 2004-12-06 Victor A. Ramos wrote:
>>> I'm disagree with you... and here is a quote from the iptables
>>> documentation section at netfilter.org:
>>>
>>> http://netfilter.org/documentation/HOWTO//packet-filtering-HOWTO-1.html
>>
>> M-hm. And which part of that exactly is supposed to support your
>> disagreement? (hint: you do not have a network)
>
> My own computer connected to the Internet is a link which can be
> attacked... that!s the part of the network that I pretend to protect.
Why do you believe that you need protection for something which is not
there at all? You wrote that you don't have any service bound to the
external interface. If that's true, then there's nothing that possibly
could be attacked.
Of course, your uplink could be flooded. However, a packet filter won't
protect you from that kind of attack.
Regards
Ansgar Wiechers
--
"Those who would give up liberty for a little temporary safety
deserve neither liberty nor safety, and will lose both."
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