basic firewall question
I am planning on getting DSL in the near future, so I have been considering
what to do about a firewall.
My intended setup is like this:
www -> DSL modem -> cable/DSL router w/ hardware FW -> small LAN
However, I would still like to have a firewall on each individual machine.
I downloaded firestarter on one machine and played around with it some. But
I'm not sure if that is the best tool. I basically want to block all
incoming traffic except for SSH and DHCP (so I can get an IP address from
the router). This setup seemed pretty easy with the little wizard that is
included. I also need to be able to print across my local network.
I tried out several services (telnet, ftp, and http) and it blocked those
requests, but I am not sure how indicative that is of the security level. I
also tried ssh and that worked fine.
Any advice would be appreciated.
-Roberto Sanchez
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