Best Linux Firewall?

From: Paul Osterhues ()
Date: 12/29/03

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    Hi -

    What is the best Linux firewall script\program, or secure distro? I have
    been hacked twice, once with a three line masquerade script and another time
    with a NAT script and basic firewall. The first time I was hacked it brought
    my Linux router to its knees at the kernel level and rendered a workstation
    unusable. I had an NFS share with Red Hat 6.2, and I think it was that. The
    second time I was hacked, with Red Hat 9, the gateway was fine, but then my
    printer drivers were rendered inoperable, and when I checked the system logs
    (XP) he also got access to my registry (Needless to say, the remote registry
    service was turned on) to move some icons around and change display
    settings. I think that the reason this happened was that the NetBIOS was
    turned on. Any ideas to combat this? I think that this guy will try again,
    and I need to be prepared for it. I don't know how to check if he has
    internal access still (I installed another rudimentary firewall). Any ideas?

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