On Sun, Jun 02, 2002 at 05:00:44PM +0200, Patrick Schaaf wrote: > > So - as a general rule, what does one do? What do people block and what > > do they accept?? > > General rule: block everything, log the blocking, stare at the logs while > doing what needs to be done, and then accept what is neccessary, and no > more.
Spot on - "that which is not explicitly permitted is denied" is the way to go, only allow traffic in that's required. > You'll learn all the common stuff in about 1-2 years. Bah, depending on time and intelligence it shouldn't take that long, plus don't worry about the common stuff... if you block everything then everything's blocked :) -- FunkyJesus System Administration Team
