Re: Firewalls, basic questions
On Mon, 13 Jan 2003 22:57, Pietro Calogero wrote:
> 1. Is there a way of searching the apt database for specific files?
In "dselect" go to "Select" then type "/ipchains".
Or even just "apt-get install ipchains", for some things you can just figure
that they use the most obvious name and install it.
> 2. I succeeded in installing kernel 2.4.18 only on the second pass;
> initially I did not modify LILO correctly and I lost access and
> bootability to the entire partition and had to start over. Since this
> whole reinstall was my 10th (I do not exaggerate) time I have tried to
> get a workable system since I began in mid-November, I am increasingly
> reluctant to invest more time in Linux.
When doing a Debian install you have an option to create a boot floppy. If
you use that then you can boot from the floppy if you break your lilo config.
> So what do you recommend as a sound approach to a firewall? Follow the
> Security-quickstart HOWTO and use iptables?
Sounds OK in concept, although I haven't read that HOWTO. iptables is what
you must use.
> Please keep in mind that, following the advice of several HOWTOs, I will
> not connect this laptop to the internet until I have a firewall built.
> So all of Debian's online software updates are unavailble to me until then.
The situation isn't that bad, and a firewall isn't that good.
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