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



On Thu, Oct 09, 2014 at 02:54:48AM +0200, lee wrote:
> 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).

If you send it to him please CC me. If you don't send it to him, please
send it to me. Thanks.

> 
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