On 09.05, Frank Griffin wrote: > Adam Williamson wrote: > > >Block everything is just about the most sensible default I can think of, > >given that there's no port that all or even most users will want open. > > > > > I guess it depends upon what you're doing. In my case, the default > settings blocked traffic to my gateway, both in and out, and effectively > shut down the network. >
I really find more useful a combination of a 5 line iptables script to do plain forwarding and portsentry. I do not know why portsentry was killed from the distro. So you could separate 'security' from 'internet sharing'. -- J.A. Magallon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> \ Software is like sex: werewolf.able.es \ It's better when it's free Mandrake Linux release 9.2 (Cooker) for i586 Linux 2.4.23-pre2-jam1m (gcc 3.3.1 (Mandrake Linux 9.2 3.3.1-1mdk))
