Re: Newbie needs some help

From: Alain Crespo (gazpa_at_euskalnet.net)
Date: 03/31/04


Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2004 00:00:45 +0200

Aaron wrote:

> Alright, so I'm in the process of ditching Mickey$oft and switching over
> to
> Linux. One of the few concerns that I have left is that I don't know jack
> about firewalls for Linux. Can anyone recommend a firewall that would be
> fairly easy for a Linux noob to install and set up?

You dont need to install a firewall. The linux kernel has one at kernel
level: iptables. find in google about "iptables".

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un saludo,
Alain Crespo <gazpa@euskalnet.net>



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