Re: Recommended Firewalls
When I run "shieldsup" at grc.com it says my firewall
sucks. I would like to plug obvious leaks in my home
system...
--- Tony Godshall <togo@of.net> wrote:
> 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.
>
>
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