Re: firewall
On Thu, Jul 5, 2012 at 5:31 AM, Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> wrote:
> On Wed 04 Jul 2012 at 11:19:06 +0800, lina wrote:
>
>> 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.
>
> You can either manipulate netfilter directly with iptables or have
> something else (like the suggested ufw or gufw) do it for you. using
> iptables is not for the faint hearted.
>
> Alternatively, you could detail why you need a firewall. The only reason
> you have given up to now is fear. This leads to strange things being
> done: for example, your 'iptables -L' output in another post shows
> connections to a webserver and sshd being accepted from anywhere, as are
> ICMP requests. Nothing wrong with that. But why bother with an iptables
> rule if that is what you had in the first place?
Indeed, I found actually the system is no much difference than before
under current iptable configuration.
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