Re: Recommended Firewalls

[Tony Godshall <togo@of.net>]

According to Chris Lale,
> Clyde Wilson wrote:
> 
> >I'm on Debian Sarge 3.1 r 1.  Can anyone recommend an easy but fairly 
> >good firewall?
> >Thanks for your time!
> 
> If you are talking about a personal firewall for your PC, have alook at 
...

If you are talking about hardware firewall, most "broadband
router" devices provide DHCP/NAT which is adequate for most 
home users.  An unroutable IP address is provided to each 
internal machine, and incoming packets are blocked unless they 
are in response to a transaction initiated from inside.  

These devices don't prevent spyware/viruses coming into machines
with stupid operating systems via stupid browsers accessing
hostile websites or stupid operating systems with e-mail clients 
that auto-open hostile attachments, but that's a different matter 
entirely- firewalls don't generally fix these issues.

I guess you should post more about what you are trying to
acheive.