http://www.thing.dyndns.org/debian/iptables.htm
regards
Thing
Costas Magkos wrote:
Hi all,
Can someone give me some best-practices for setting up iptables on a Debian system? I'm looking for things like where should the rules be placed, what startup script to use [1], good configuration tools [2] and so on. URLs are appreciated, I dont mind reading :-)
I'm currently setting up iptables on a single-server enviroment (no routing), but since I will be using iptables a lot, general concepts are also welcome.
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[1] When looking around how to set up iptables, I found in /etc/default/iptables some discouraging words (apparently from the author) about the usage of the iptables init.d script, which can be summarized to this: "Do not use it". Why not? And if not, is there any other way?
[2] I tried firestarter, seems nice. However, it produces a large ruleset with tones of redundant rules and /proc optimizations (for instance, the anti-spoof filtering is activated by default). It involves too much editing, which I have no problem doing it if someone tells me it's worth it.
Thanks in advance,
~kmag
Costas Magkos Internet Systematics Lab Athens, Greece
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