Looks like everyone has strong opinions here. I'd just like to add my
$.02 here of how to most efficiently implement your firewall after you've
written all those different books of varying quality.
There's a package out there called pmfirewall. (Check out where via
freshmeat).
There are a number of gui tools out there to help create your firewall. My
conclusion is that they all suck. The best way to do it is to use
pmfirewall, a perl program, which asks you a bunch of questions and then
produces a firewall as output. What it produces is remarkably complete in
that it provides files which interface into /etc/rc.d. It distinguishes
between system level components of the firewall and local customizations.
After pmfirewall produces its output it's very easy to make mods to
further customize.
--
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-happened but none stranger than this. Does your driver's license say Organ
-Donor?Black holes are where God divided by zero. Listen to me! We are all-
-individuals! What if this weren't a hypothetical question? [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Mon, 12 Mar 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
=>People,
=>
=>What is the best book on firewalls?
=>
=>Please keep the flame wars on brown, not toast.
=>Those other people do know the proper way to unsuscribe.
=>The timing indicates that they ar trying to give you a message.
=>BTW, how many people are on this list?
=>A couple of years ago, it was maybe 400.
=>Has it gone down lately?
=>
=>Bob Sparks
=>Linux mouth (one of many)
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