Re: Firewall (Linux new-comer)
On Thu, 12 Oct 2000 09:07:04 +0200, Matthias Mann said:
> Hi people!
>
> I´m sitting on a single computer. Yesterday i´ve read the firewall-HOWTO and
> was very confused cause there are examples for a network system. Is there
> any possibility to build a firewall or other usefull security systems for my
> machine? I like to use netscape navigator to have fun and for my work at
> internet. And i don´t like that others have access to my computer. Wich
> packages of Debian 2.2 potato should i use for this purpose? Or is there
> some better software available of other developers?
>
> Have a lucky day
You can start with 'ipchains-firewall' script to generate the
initial set of rules (http://firewall.langistix.com) and also install
'gfcc' which is an easy way to modify the rules.
For more start-up tips go to linuxsecurity.com and read
October 2000 Linux Journal firewalls article.
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