Hi Matt,
on Monday, 2005-08-29 at 14:54:46, you wrote:
I'm not trying to do anything complicated like protect a LAN or include
a DMZ or run an ftp server or anything like that. I'm just looking for
a quick and easy way to add another layer of protection to my desktop by
closing all unused
I'm not trying to do anything complicated like protect a LAN or include
a DMZ or run an ftp server or anything like that. I'm just looking for
a quick and easy way to add another layer of protection to my desktop by
closing all unused ports.
Go to gentoo-wiki.com and search for newbie
Matt Randolph wrote:
I've seen related threads here recently, but I think my question is
different enough to warrant a new thread.
I'm looking for a personal firewall along the lines of the ZoneAlarm
product for Windows. I don't want to take the time to teach myself
Not an answer but a
Nagatoro schreef:
Matt Randolph wrote:
I've seen related threads here recently, but I think my question is
different enough to warrant a new thread.
I'm looking for a personal firewall along the lines of the ZoneAlarm
product for Windows. I don't want to take the time to teach myself
Nagatoro wrote:
[snip]
Not an answer but a follow up question: Is there a firewall for Linux
that can do application level filtering (probably wrong terms but...),
that is is there a program that can block foo from web access but allow
it to imap and at the same time allow bar web access?
Holly Bostick wrote:
[snip]
Not an answer but a follow up question: Is there a firewall for Linux
that can do application level filtering (probably wrong terms but...),
Please anybody, correct me if I'm wrong, but afaik, this assumption that
there are multiple firewall programs in the first
Holly Bostick wrote:
It's all about the ruleset. In this case, it looks like this option is
involved:
[...]
Thanks. This seems like it would do the trick.
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I've seen related threads here recently, but I think my question is
different enough to warrant a new thread.
I'm looking for a personal firewall along the lines of the ZoneAlarm
product for Windows. I don't want to take the time to teach myself
iptables if there is a simple alternative.
KFireWall (I think it's called) if you use KDE.Regards,Martin S
Matt Randolph schreef:
I've seen related threads here recently, but I think my question is
different enough to warrant a new thread.
I think you're not quite right :), but I can see why you'd think this.
I'm looking for a personal firewall along the lines of the ZoneAlarm
product for
I use shorewall on my gateways / firewalls, but it's probably a bit overkill
for you.
A really simple setup can be done with firehol(.sf.net), but I don't think
running a firewall on a unix desktop is necessary.
Oscar
On Mon, 29 Aug 2005 14:54:46 -0400
Matt Randolph [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
iptables really isn't that difficult if you just want to do what the
average home user wants to do- accept certain services and block
everything else.
Provided that you have kernel support for iptables you can just
copy/paste some example code in a text file.
but I don't think running a firewall on a unix desktop is necessary.
I certainly do. What about ssh multiple-login attacks? I know that pam
can easily fix this
(http://gentoo-wiki.com/GWikInstall_Essential_Daemons#Securing_SSH), but
I know there are other services (portmap) that can be
Matt,
Check out net-firewall/firestarter, http://www.fs-security.com/, it is a gui
frontend for iptables and has a way to monitor the communication.
Sean
On Monday 29 August 2005 02:54 pm, Matt Randolph wrote:
I've seen related threads here recently, but I think my
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