Re: firewall
Web base Firewall (IPCOP) very powerful with the addon called BOT
(block out traffice) base on IPtables.
On Wed, Jul 4, 2012 at 12:38 PM, Ralf Mardorf
<ralf.mardorf@alice-dsl.net> wrote:
> On Wed, 2012-07-04 at 15:04 +0800, lina wrote:
>> On 4 Jul, 2012, at 14:15, Ralf Mardorf <ralf.mardorf@alice-dsl.net> wrote:
>>
>> > On Wed, 2012-07-04 at 11:19 +0800, lina wrote:
>> >> Hi,
>> >>
>> >> I don't know which firewall (http://wiki.debian.org/Firewalls) I should choose.
>> >>
>> >> Thanks ahead for recommendation, and it will be very nice if you tell
>> >> me why you recommend this one.
>> >
>> > To answer drily: Test them and report what firewall does protect you the
>> > best against no attacks. Linux for home usage was safe, is safe, will be
>> > safe. Yes, it's safe regarding to things I criticize. I don't criticize
>> > protection per se, I only worry about toooo much security for nothing.
>>
>> Ha... I just realized mine is exposed at least in our department. I can see the open ports and the OS.
>> Just sometimes wish it can be invisible in some way.
>>
>> I tried firehol yesterday. It's orphed.
>>
>> Thanks.
>
> *chuckle* A trillion years ago I used a firewall myself. "Ports" are an
> issue, I wasn't able to down- or upload by ftp. BUT, How many serious
> attacks did you notice around the last 30 days?
>
> Nobody tried to simply open your DVD drive, let alone really serious
> attacks.
>
> Regarding to the security "Linux Land" is "Pony land", there aren't
> serious attacks to home computers using Linux and even serious attacks
> against Linux server-users usually go /dev/null ... Hard to believe, but
> Linux is Pony Land regarding to attacks.
>
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