Re: Newbie friendly security and firewall docs (cookbook?)

[lee <lee@yagibdah.de>]

Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> writes:

> I'm aware of "Securing Debian Manual". I'm looking for more an
> introductory document.

I'm not sure what you're looking for.  It's a good idea to have at least
a good basic understanding about how a firewall works before you set one
up.  From there, you could look at tools like shorewall.

There's also a GUI application the name of which I forgot which allows
you to create firewalls.  I found it surprisingly good.  Fwbuilder?

I still have a very good tutorial that uses iptables and helps you to
learn how to build a firewall.  I've archived it for reference in 2003.
I could send it to you by email if you like (760kB).


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