On Thursday 28 Aug 2003 3:17 pm, Derek Jennings wrote: > On Thursday 28 Aug 2003 10:32 am, Anne Wilson wrote: > > On Thursday 28 Aug 2003 3:13 am, HaywireMac wrote: > > > On Wed, 27 Aug 2003 17:58:11 -0700 > > > > > > Russ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered: > > > > One is an easy to use Firewall program (ZoneAlarm). Any > > > > suggestions. > > > > > > Mandrake comes with one built in, which you can configure with > > > Webmin. > > > > > > Open a browser and in the address field: > > > > > > https://localhost:10000 > > > > > > log in as root and configure the Shorewall firewall. > > > > > > Of course, a seperate, dedicated firewall is always better, but > > > Shorewall will beat Zonealarm all to hell anyway. > > > > I've yet to look at Shorewall. Can you point me at where the > > config files will be found? As you know, I like to back up the > > original files before I start mucking around - just in case > > > > Anne > > Shorewall's config files are in /etc/shorewall They are well > documented. More info can be sound at www.shorewall.net > > Shorewall allows you to try out different configurations. Copy the > shorewall config files to /etc/shorewall/test > Make any changes in the test folder then enter > > shorewall try test > > Shorewall will attempt to run with the new config. If it does not > work it will revert back to the old config after 20 seconds. > When you are happy with the new config, copy it back to the regular > folder. > > derek
Thanks, Derek. It won't be tomorrow, but this is on my list of fairly high priorities to look at. I have a hardware router/firewall, so this would be a secondary, but I think it's still worth doing. Anne
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