On Fri, 14 Feb 2014 11:20:26 +0100 "J. Roeleveld" <jo...@antarean.org> wrote:
> On Fri, February 14, 2014 08:05, Edward M wrote: > > On Fri, 14 Feb 2014 00:13:19 +0530 > > Nilesh Govindrajan <m...@nileshgr.com> wrote: > > > >> My favorite firewall rule to do this don't restrict any kind of > >> traffic between own network and filter the rest. > >> Use ipset. Very easy. > > > > I have zero knowledge how ipsec works. once i have nfs set i'll > > do ipsec second. nfs will be in my private network for my gentoo > > systems(laptops,server,client) boxes. thanks for the tip. > > Important: > Nilesh was talking about ipseT (it's part of iptables, which provides > firewall functionality in Linux.) > > ipseC is VPN/encryption. Not easy to implement and only necessary if > you want to be able to access your home network from a variety of > other devices. > That is NOT necessary for what you are asking for. > > -- > Joost > > Thank you for explaining what ipsec is used for, some reason i automatically read as ipsec when Nilesh mentioned it. Nilesh brought it up to my attention earliar; it was ipset not ipsec. thanks again for the explanation. Best regards Ed -- Learing Linux with Gentoo to earn LPIC1.