SML wrote:
>
> Hi Charles,
>
> Thanks for your advice and comment.
>
> In fact I have bundles of technical documents in my possession including:-
>
> - Configuring an Internet Firewall and Home LAN with Linux by Robert L.
> Zicgler
> - Armoring Linux by Lance Spitzner
> - Firewall installation
> - Pump-done
> - Security programs
> - Linux IPCHAINS-HOWTO
>
> etc. and many others including Firewall-howto and Sendmail.howto, all
> printed out. In addition, I go through the mailing lists daily and save
> down all documents relating to security, firewall, servers, etc.
> Unfortunately the more I read on the documents the more confusion I have.
> It is not easy to find a specific answer from heaps of documents. May-be I
> got long time experience on Windows environment familiar with graphic
> interface and I changed to Linux in less than 4 months ago. There will be a
> lot for me to learn. What I expect from the lists is some guys can give a
> hint from where I can find a answer in short time, not going to the wrong
> direction.
You can often learn a lot by going in the wrong direction for a while ;-)
As Charles suggested, you will not get good answers to general questions.
The general answers have already been written in the HOWTOs and other
documents. Specific questions will get good answers.
The HOWTO documents often give a step-by-step explanation of setting things
up. Try it and if something does not work, explain the steps you took, the
tests you ran, and the results you got. That will be much more helpful to
someone who may be interested in helping you.
Tony
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