Absolutely! I run ipf on my mail server at work. And I used to run it on my home OpenBSD machine. Tim > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of > Rob Hudson > Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2001 11:43 AM > To: EUGLUG > Subject: [EUG-LUG:2051] Security > > > Is it possible and/or recommended to run firewalling rules on a local > box? I mean, in order to lock down the ports that you don't use and > that are < 1024? Right now I'm behind a firewall, but if this system > moves out to the wide open net (maybe sometime in the next few > months), I'd like to have it a little more secure. Of course I've > shut up my inetd.conf for the services I don't use, but what about > knowing when a portscan is done and then denying any and all packets > from that IP in the future? > > Oh, and our leader, Seth Cohn, posted an article. I like the idea. > Turn off webpages, sendmail, etc, and on and on on a certain date in > protest of DMCA et al. How many people here (and advogato readers) > have root? Hehe. > > http://www.advogato.org/article/319.html > > -Rob >
