On Sun, Jul 02, 2000 at 11:46:47AM -0700, Ray Olszewski wrote: > At 08:33 PM 7/2/00 +0200, Grzegorz Stelmaszek wrote: > >On Fri, Jun 30, 2000 at 12:35:13PM -0400, Tom von Schwerdtner wrote: > >> Is there a general debian firewalling howto anywhere online? > >> > >> I did some (passive) searching and everything I found related to Red Hat. > > > >Is there any difference between firewalling on RedHat and Debian ??? > >As far as I know there is not, so docs related to RedHat should also > >be ok in context of debian. > > Of course there are differences, in the usual sorts of details: where config > files are loaded; stuff done for you by the .deb package install scripts; > bugfixes and version updates; and so on. The firewalling ruleset itself > shouldn't differ, but supporting stuff might vary a lot (not having ever set > up an RH firewall, I don't really know).
Yeah, thats what I'm talking about.. > > For general information on firewalling, I'd start at one of the Linux Router > Project Web sites: http://lrp.c0wz.com . There are many useful links there > that are not Debian (or Red Hat) specific. Since LRP is itself derived from > Debian Slink, some of the LRP-specific materials you can find by way of this > site may be helpful (I've certainly found them so). > Thanks, I have generally been ignoring referances to the LRP since from what I know/knew it was a floppy distro and I figured it wouldnt help, but Ill check it out. > BTW, how does one do "passive" searching? Like when your watching Dr. Strangelove halfway through a bottle of Wild Turkey and your roomate comes in asking if youve seen his keys. (I basically checked google/linux, LDP and linux.com) anyhow, thanks -tom > > -- > ------------------------------------"Never tell me the odds!"--- > Ray Olszewski -- Han Solo > Palo Alto, CA [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- "I've been to one world's fair, a picnic and a rodeo and that's the stupidest thing I've ever heard" - Major Kong
