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I use shorewall on my gateways / firewalls, but it's probably a bit overkill for you. |
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A really simple setup can be done with firehol(.sf.net), but I don't think running a firewall on a unix desktop is necessary. |
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Oscar |
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On Mon, 29 Aug 2005 14:54:46 -0400 |
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Matt Randolph <mattr@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> I've seen related threads here recently, but I think my question is |
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> different enough to warrant a new thread. |
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> I'm looking for a personal firewall along the lines of the ZoneAlarm |
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> product for Windows. I don't want to take the time to teach myself |
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> iptables if there is a simple alternative. |
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> I'm not trying to do anything complicated like protect a LAN or include |
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> a DMZ or run an ftp server or anything like that. I'm just looking for |
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> a quick and easy way to add another layer of protection to my desktop by |
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> closing all unused ports. |
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> A GUI is preferred but is not required. |
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> Any suggestions? |
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> (If you dare answer,) what firewall do you use and why did you choose it? |
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