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From: Christopher Fisk <chrisf@××××××××.net>
To: "gentoo-security@l.g.o" <gentoo-security@l.g.o>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-security] firewall suggestions?
Date: Wed, 07 Jan 2004 15:51:46
Message-Id: Pine.LNX.4.58.0401071047020.7406@borg.mhonline.net
In Reply to: [gentoo-security] firewall suggestions? by Pooh Sun Tzu
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3 On Tue, 6 Jan 2004, Pooh Sun Tzu wrote:
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5 > I have been with gentoo for about 3 months now, but only recently
6 >decided I needed a firewall. Don't ask, as I still feel simply not
7 >having ports open is just as good as a firewall that blocks them.
8 >Regardless, I would love your suggestions on firewalls avalaible for
9 >Gentoo. Also, if you could provide a brief explaination instead of just
10 >a name, that would make my day much easier. Thanks!
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12 MonMotha's IPTables Firewall is nice. It's in the form of a script where
13 you edit what ports you want to allow, what interfaces you have, etc and
14 then when it runs it sets up the firewall with your settings.
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16 Very easy to use and understand.
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18 http://monmotha.mplug.org/firewall/index.php
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20 Christopher Fisk
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