On Thu, 19 Feb 2004 20:48:46 -0500, jay <jnitroracer2@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >On Thu, 2004-02-19 at 20:15, Rick Stevens wrote: >> jay wrote: >> > anyone know anything about iptables??? I want know what could pose a >> > potential security risk how and what to not allow.... >> >> Have you tried reading the iptables HOW-TO? Or use a decent firewall >> builder such as FireStarter (http://firestarter.sourceforge.net) to >> have a nice GUI to do it with. >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> - Rick Stevens, Senior Systems Engineer rstevens@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx - >> - VitalStream, Inc. http://www.vitalstream.com - >> - - >> - "You think that's tough? Try herding cats!" - >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> well that's a good point but does it interfere with any of the usual redhat/fedora >tools.... Another point I should is that my particular box is behind a >NAT so it isn't for me, but in a week i will be doing a system with just >strictly linux acting as the firewall, I have never used iptables except >for the default redhat/fedora setup.. >thanx I spent a lot of time looking at the big IPTABLES book at Barnes & Noble and readinig lots of web stuff. Then I got a copy of GuardDog and used it to do the configuring. It takes about 5 minutes to figure it out and get your firewall up and working. http://www.simonzone.com/software/guarddog/ -- Steve
