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On 12 August 2005 16:40, cothrige wrote: |
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> I have been trying to find a way to set up a simple firewall which I |
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> can trust is doing what I need it to do. I am connecting via a |
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> diaulup with my local phone company which dynamically assigns me an ip |
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> address. I want to be able to use the web and send and receive email |
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> via my pop and smtp server, also from my phone company, but of course |
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> would like to protect myself from outside attacks. I also have a |
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> second machine connected via ethernet which allows me to operate out |
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> of two rooms, but I don't have anything I can use to set up a |
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> dedicated firewall box, which seems to be what so many howtos assume. |
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Emerge shorewall, read the docs, especially the comments in its config files |
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and set it up. Once you understand how it works, the setup is easy. Then |
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let /etc/ppp/ip-up bring it up and /etc/ppp/ip-down bring it down. In your |
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simple setup, just deny everything from outside and allow everything from |
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inside. Though a dedicated firewall is much better for anything larger, you |
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can get away with setting it up on your connecting box. |
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Uwe |
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developers. - Linus Torvalds |
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