----- Original Message ----- From: "Matt Zimmerman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <debian-security@lists.debian.org> Sent: Thursday, December 12, 2002 12:55 PM Subject: Re: init.d startup sequence for shorewall > On Wed, Dec 11, 2002 at 05:39:37PM -0800, Yogesh Sharma wrote: > > > networking comes up at S35 in runlevel 0 so my internet is up and there > > is no firewall running so far. > > runlevel 0 is system shutdown and halt. The network is not brought up in > this runlevel. :-) > Actually that seems to be a highly secure firewall...Firewalls with no power cannot be compromised via the network....:-) Jeremy > -- > - mdz > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
Well, check this article out from the Sysadmin (magazine) website:
http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1824/sam0201d/0201d.htm
It describes a method of using a system with a halted kernel as a firewall.
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