Re: [SLUG] iptables

From: patrick grantham (pwgrant@mailandnews.com)
Date: Tue May 01 2001 - 11:17:13 EDT


linksys makes a router router/firewall for $99 at best buy. A good interim
solution.
----- Original Message -----
From: "patrick" <patrick@llc.net>
To: <slug@nks.net>
Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2001 10:51 AM
Subject: Re: [SLUG] iptables

> On Tuesday 01 May 2001 10:31 am, you wrote:
> > patrick wrote:
> > > thought i'd mention Mandrake 8.0 has firewall built in
> > > it takes about 30 seconds to answer the questions and
> > > its running
> > > i have read some comments on mandrakes pages
> > > how some guy cant even see the machine from the
> > > internet. check it out
> >
> > [putting on my "professional network security guy" hat]
> >
> > The danger in having a firewall that "takes about 30 seconds" to
> > configure is that you very likely have absolutely no idea what it's
> > doing.
> >
> > I would VERY STRONGLY encourage you to learn up a bit about iptables and
> > find out exactly how your machine has been configured.
> >
> > Knowledge is Power and you certainly don't want the crackers out there
> > to have more power than you do when it comes to your own machine.
> >
> > [taking off my "professional network security guy" hat]
>
>
> thank u for the adiice, actually i am not running a firewall
> at the moment.



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