Re: Firewall for use with cable modem?

2000-12-20 Thread sena
On 19/12/2000 at 19:21 -0600, ktb wrote: Install something like pmfirewall or seawall. I've used snip... some of the questions you answer. I don't have any urls' handy but they should be easy to find. After installing your chains snip... http://www.pointman.org/ --

Re: Firewall for use with cable modem?

2000-12-20 Thread Manegold
ktb wrote: On Wed, Dec 20, 2000 at 12:02:14AM +, Phillip Deackes wrote: I have spent much of the day getting more and more confused about firewalls and Linux. I am having a cable modem installed soon and want my system to be secure. I have only the one computer, and am running Woody.

Re: Firewall for use with cable modem?

2000-12-20 Thread Steven Kurylo
At 06:02 PM 19/12/2000, Phillip Deackes wrote: I have spent much of the day getting more and more confused about firewalls and Linux. I am having a cable modem installed soon and want my system to be secure. I have only the one computer, and am running Woody. Is there a free (or low-cost)

Re: Firewall for use with cable modem?

2000-12-20 Thread garyjones
At Tue, 19 Dec 2000 19:21:19 -0600 , ktb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, Dec 20, 2000 at 12:02:14AM +, Phillip Deackes wrote: I have spent much of the day getting more and more confused about firewalls and Linux. That is an easy thing to do, you are not alone :-) Install

Re: Firewall for use with cable modem?

2000-12-20 Thread Gary Hennigan
Manegold [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: ktb wrote: On Wed, Dec 20, 2000 at 12:02:14AM +, Phillip Deackes wrote: I have spent much of the day getting more and more confused about firewalls and Linux. I am having a cable modem installed soon and want my system to be secure. I have only

Re: Firewall for use with cable modem?

2000-12-20 Thread Manegold
Gary Hennigan wrote: Manegold [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: ktb wrote: On Wed, Dec 20, 2000 at 12:02:14AM +, Phillip Deackes wrote: I have spent much of the day getting more and more confused about firewalls and Linux. I am having a cable modem installed soon and want my

Re: Firewall for use with cable modem?

2000-12-20 Thread Jon Pennington
Phillip Deackes wrote: I have spent much of the day getting more and more confused about firewalls and Linux. I am having a cable modem installed soon and want my system to be secure. I have only the one computer, and am running Woody. I use Coyote Linux (http://www.coyotelinux.com/) on a

Re: Firewall for use with cable modem?

2000-12-20 Thread Jesse Goerz
I use the script here: http://firewall.langistix.com Download the script and read the README/INSTALL file. It's fairly easy to setup. The page is even labeled firewalling for dummies. Jesse On Tue, 19 Dec 2000 19:02:14 Phillip Deackes wrote: I have spent much of the day getting more and

Re: Firewall for use with cable modem?

2000-12-20 Thread mario
On Wednesday 20 December 2000 01:02, Phillip Deackes wrote: I am embarassed to admit that I really want an out-of-box solution - something I can install and perhaps tweak a little as I get more confident. I don't do anything out of the ordinary on the Internet, just the usual mail, news and

Re: Firewall for use with cable modem?

2000-12-20 Thread Phillip Deackes
Thanks to all of you who responded to my question about firewalls and cable modems. I have downloaded Firestarter and it seems to be offering me reasonable protection. I have it starting up when I log in to X because when I put it into the startup scripts (either /etc/rc.boot or /etc/init.d) it

Firewall for use with cable modem?

2000-12-19 Thread Phillip Deackes
I have spent much of the day getting more and more confused about firewalls and Linux. I am having a cable modem installed soon and want my system to be secure. I have only the one computer, and am running Woody. Is there a free (or low-cost) firewall which will work on Debian? I don't feel

Re: Firewall for use with cable modem?

2000-12-19 Thread ktb
On Wed, Dec 20, 2000 at 12:02:14AM +, Phillip Deackes wrote: I have spent much of the day getting more and more confused about firewalls and Linux. I am having a cable modem installed soon and want my system to be secure. I have only the one computer, and am running Woody. Is there a