Re: Secure host newbie

From: Ansgar -59cobalt- Wiechers (bugtraq_at_planetcobalt.net)
Date: 04/01/04

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    Date: Thu, 1 Apr 2004 00:52:20 +0200
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    On 2004-03-30 Xilo Musimene wrote:
    > > Have a look at www.linux-sec.net, but you should pay an expert to
    > > help you. Look for someone who will know how to work close to your
    > > budget, there are guys out there who doesn't know how to work
    > > without a big budget. There are a lot of ways to improve security
    > > with low budget, but hire someone to help you.
    >
    > I'll give that website a thorough shot!
    >
    > I'm not going to try becoming an expert in just a few days... But I
    > expect I can become fairly expert in specific topics. Such as
    > firewalls; I beleive this topic is fairly small and could be covered
    > completely within a few days.

    I believe you're in for a surprise ;)

    Firewalling (even packet filtering) is a very complex topic and I
    seriously doubt you will be able to cover it in just a few days. A few
    months at least is much more likely.

    I guess you are going to use iptables, so I would recommend [1] as an
    introduction into how iptables works. But you will also need thorough
    knowledge of how networking (i.e. TCP/IP) works to fully understand what
    you are doing (which I would strongly recommend since there are already
    enough rooted boxes out there).

    [1] http://www.netfilter.org/

    Regards
    Ansgar Wiechers

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