On October 1, 2002 12:38 am, you wrote: > What do people use for firewalls on Linux.
If you're looking for something for SOHO use, take look at IPcop (ipcop.org) - this is a great distribution which includes among other things, NAT, DMZ support, traffic graphs, VPN support proxies - the list goes on. > I know of IPTables. Anything else to provide protection up to layer 7 ? This is based on the 2.2 kernel, so it uses ipchains. > Any utilities for active monitoring and logging, for example, port scans? IPcop comes with SNORT for intrusion detection and port scans. > Any way to dynamicly configure iptables in such an event if 6 or so > different ports are scanned within a certain time, all ports are shut off > to that IP ? Have a look at portsentry (http://www.psionic.com/products/portsentry.html) Martin
