On Fri, 14 Feb 2014 11:20:26 +0100
"J. Roeleveld" <jo...@antarean.org> wrote:

> On Fri, February 14, 2014 08:05, Edward M wrote:
> > On Fri, 14 Feb 2014 00:13:19 +0530
> > Nilesh Govindrajan <m...@nileshgr.com> wrote:
> >
> >> My favorite firewall rule to do this don't restrict any kind of
> >> traffic between own network and filter the rest.
> >> Use ipset. Very easy.
> >
> >   I have zero  knowledge how ipsec works. once i have nfs set i'll
> > do ipsec second. nfs will be in my private network for my gentoo
> >   systems(laptops,server,client) boxes.  thanks for the tip.
> 
> Important:
> Nilesh was talking about ipseT (it's part of iptables, which provides
> firewall functionality in Linux.)
> 
> ipseC is VPN/encryption. Not easy to implement and only necessary if
> you want to be able to access your home network from a variety of
> other devices.
> That is NOT necessary for what you are asking for.
> 
> --
> Joost
> 
> 

   Thank you for explaining what ipsec is used for, some reason i
automatically read as ipsec when Nilesh mentioned it. Nilesh brought it
up to my attention earliar; it was ipset not ipsec. thanks again for
the explanation.

   Best regards
   Ed 
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