On 04 Jul 2012, Brad Alexander wrote:
On Wed, Jul 4, 2012 at 2:15 AM, Ralf Mardorf
<ralf.mardorf@alice-dsl.net <mailto: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.
I disagree. Its about defense in depth. Because what happens if you
get a piece of bad software that opens a vulnerability? And yes,
that could happen to a home Linux user as easily as a corporate one,
since they are using the same update mechanisms. In fact, I would
posit that a home user could be at *more* risk, since, in theory, a
corporate user would be limited in the amount and types of software
installed...Corporate server vs home workstation.
I have a home network. A few years ago I was attacked and the ownership
of some files was changed. I restoreed them to normal and it happened
again, so I reinstalled. Since then I've been using sborewall and there
have been no further intrusions.
AC