J Weismann wrote:
>
> so I take it UDP is still used even though it is not as secure as TCP.
UDP is not as _reliable_ as TCP, but IMHO its no more difficult to
secure unless you are talking static packet filters. With any other
firewall technology, its no worse or better.
> Would
> removing the UDP settings stop all TCP traffic along the same lines also?
Humm, not sure what you mean by this. UDP is a transport like TCP. They
are separate animals.
> am looking for the most secure way to block anything from coming in except
> IRC,TCP, and HTTP(possibly) as a test to hackers to see how secure I can
> make my firewall.
IRC and HTTP are services, TCP is a transport. My guess is that its
actually services you want to block.
Also, do you mean you _have_ an HTTP server or that you want to let
internal users connect to HTTP services on the Internet? If the latter,
its actually high ports you are letting back in.
HTH,
Chris
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