Re: [SLUG] Question about firewalls and ports.

From: Chuck Hast (kp4djt@tampabay.rr.com)
Date: Thu Apr 25 2002 - 21:30:07 EDT


On Wednesday 24 April 2002 11:02 L, you wrote:
> A reminder to everyone that my presentation on Linux-based firewalls is
> available on the web:
>
> http://www.illusionary.com/~dglidden/linux-fw/
>
> It's sort of a "dummy's guide to making a linux box into a firewall" to
> show you basic iptables commands and, more importantly, covers the basic
> rules of firewall design and security in general:
>
> * Deny by default
>
> * Trust no one
>
> * Complexity is your enemy
>
> * Security is a process, not a product
>
Derek,
I am trying to set up a firewall machine, that is all it is going to do
is be a fire wall for our office. I am using RH 7.2 and tried to select
as little stuff as possible it still stuffed 330m of stuff on the HD. How
would you go about reducing that down to only that needed to run
the firewall?

-- 
Chuck Hast
KP4DJT
kp4djt@tampabay.rr.com
To paraphrase my flight instructor;
"the only dumb question is the one you DID NOT ask resulting in my
going out and having to identify your bits and pieces in the midst of
torn and twisted metal."



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