Re: simple stand-alone firewall
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Hi,
I use UFW as firewall on all computers at home. It's very easy to
configure.
UFW (package ufw) can be found from Debian repositories. For
documentation see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UFW . There is
also graphical user interface called GUFW (package gufw).
On 24.03.2012 09:02, Russell L. Harris wrote:
>> From the standpoint of protection of a LAN (two or three
>> machines) for
> a home or home office, how effective is a firmware-based
> firewall/router in comparison with a software-based stand-alone
> firewall/router? Is either significantly better than the other?
>
> I am thinking in terms of devoting an old computer (200 MHz
> Pentium) to the task of firewall/router. In years past (back in
> the dark epoch when I was running Window$), I discovered SmoothWall
> while struggling with a DSL line with PPPoE.
>
> After downloading a small CD ISO image from the SmoothWall web
> site, it took me less than an hour to install and configure
> SmoothWall. With SmoothWall, it was not necessary for the user to
> study the subject of firewall configuration -- the default
> SmoothWall configuration was perfectly adequate for most users.
>
> I quit using SmoothWall several years ago, when a friend gave me a
> firmware firewall/router and convinced me that I ought to make the
> transition, simply for the economy in terms of desktop space and
> electricity. And I no longer have the curse of PPPoE.
>
> But now I think that it might be prudent to return to a devoted
> machine and software, and I would much prefer to use a Debian
> package instead of SmoothWall.
>
> Is there a good firewall application in Debian which provides a
> secure default configuration? Or must I learn how to configure a
> firewall?
>
> RLH
>
>
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Mika Suomalainen
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