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Re: Firewalling - has to be separate machine?



> But I would also see the internet and the world would see me. Can I
> configure my Linux system to protect myself from access from anywhere
> other than the office (and maybe my Mom's house) or do I need to place a
> second physical PC acting as a firewall between me and the cable modem?
> 


Rick:

	A second box as a firewall in unnessary, you could use the program
'ipfwadm' to drop all routes except those you specify, OR you the program
abacus_sentry to do that for you (which can also be configured to use
ipfwadm to drop packets as well...)

	Right now abacus sentry is still beta, but in the Makefile i
snagged this addie: # Send problems/code hacks to crowland@psionic.com or
crowland@vni.net. So drop an email to him if you are interested in beta
testing it. I would create a debian package, but as of now i have no
knowledge on creating the control files required by dpkg to make them =\

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