I agree with Joseph S. Gardner's comment (below). A firewall as part of
the initial installation of Linux-Mandrake (even for a newbie) is a good
idea. Some people will have cable modems and other things that are on all
the time and thus have a need for a firewall before they know it or know
enough to try to put one in.
-Gary-
Anthony Huereca wrote:
> I don't have M7.0 yet, but I like the idea of the different security zones.
One
> of the main complaints I've heard on this mailing list is lack of
desciption of
> what the different zones actually do. So tell the user what exactly is
> happening when you select a certain level. Or maybe, have like a checklist,
> where the user can pick and choose what exactly they want to do. That would
be
> cool. Keep it simple (like 5 levels) for the avearage person, but let the
> expert pick and choose.
>
> And include some sample firewalls or something like that. Somethign that
> would be useful to the average Dial-up (or cable modem in my case) person,
who
> doesn't need a lot of exceptions like for a FTP or web server, but just
needs a
> good regular firewall. That way the user doesn't have to figure out all the
> ipchaining rules and stuff; which at the moment totally loses me everytime I
> try to read through the how-to. Of course, maybe it's not a good security
idea
> for a "one-size-fits-most" firewall, but it's just a thought I had.
>
> --
> Anthony Huereca
> http://m3000.1wh.com
> Computers are not intelligent. They only think they are.
A newbie firewall. Now THAT'S a great idea.
--
Joseph S. Gardner
Senior Designer / Technical Support
Kirby Co., Cleveland, OH
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