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Re: Firewall program for Debian?



On Tue, Aug 21, 2001 at 03:58:57PM -0400, Han Yoo wrote:
>
> Basically, I have the 2.2.19 kernel.
> Is any of the programs that you mentined easy enough to be utilized by a
> Debian novice without going into the heavy-duty configuration?

2.2.x uses IP-chains for its packet filter. This will allow you to block
certain ports and provide IP masquerade functions, but won't give you the
alerting provided by ZoneAlarm. You'll need to install an IDS (intrusion
detection system) as well.

I can't recommend one offhand, but you may want to ask on debian-security.

-B

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