Re: firewall

[lina <lina.lastname@gmail.com>]

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.
> 
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