Re: security setup without firewall?

notbob wrote:
On 2006-12-09, left_coast <void@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
BTW, shorewall is not the firewall, it is a method of configuring the
firewall. If you want a relatively easy front end, try Guarddog.

http://www.simonzone.com/software/guarddog/

.....or Arno's iptables firewall script. You edit the config script,
it configures iptables. It starts with everything closed but stateful
http and email and you open things as needed. Even a dummy like me
can figure it out. ;)

http://rocky.molphys.leidenuniv.nl/

Thanks, I will have a look at them.

tom
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