Re: filtering access to internet via programs - HOW?
From: Newsbox (nospam_for_me_please_at_thanks.invalid)
Date: 08/24/05
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Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2005 21:09:31 -0400
On Tue, 23 Aug 2005 19:49:18 +0000, MR wrote:
> Newsbox wrote:
[...]
> Any suggestions on a great and overly-explained document on how to
> successfully and effectively set up the SuSE firewall. The help files that
> come with the system seem sometimes vague, and often times refer you to
> configuration files where there only exists one or two examples.
>
> I'll most certainly will have a look at the link posted further up, but if
> there's acquinted linux users that find it complex, i'm not sure it's the
> best way for me to increase security settings in linux. plus, compiling
> the kernel seems like something that could have possibly detrimental
> consequences - i'm still trying to get used to installing software from
> source where makefiles seem to love to make your life a headache;-)
>
> thanks
> MR
I'd like to see you get the help that you need to get comfortable with
your SuSe firewall. I don't use SuSe and I have never even seen their
setup. I do know some about iptables and netfilter, but agree with
Colin's thought:
I would never advocate that somebody whom wasn't 100% sure of
what they were doing tweak their iptables rules by hand.
I found 5 newsgroups in English with suse in the name and all seem active.
There's also some in French and German if that's any help. I would think
that if the issue is really more about learning the SuSe interface than
actual specific security issues, then you might get a faster/better answer
there. Probably many readers here mostly write their own firewall rules
as needed and might not be very focused on any GUI front-end interfaces.
But possibly there are some here who would be able to help you with the
SuSe firewall if your questions were small and specific enough.
If the help and documentation that SuSe provides is not clear then perhaps
you should ask them where to find additional documentation or
clarifications. Perhaps they have a new users help line, e-mail support
or mailing list of their own.
Good Luck!!
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