On Wed, 2004-05-05 at 21:31, Jason M Evans wrote: > We've been having virus trouble on our network, so I set my computer > as the host and I've been staying on the Fedora side of my partition. I > downloaded and printed some firewall tutorials, but it's hard to > understand (I'm new to Linux). Can someone help me set up a good > firewall? Also, is it possible to set up a Linux firewall that will > work even when my Windows side of the partition is booted instead? > > Also, if it's okay to ask two easy questions in the same posting, here > they are (let me know if I should post separately): > > [I have searched for these answers to no avail] > > How do I set Evolution to automatically Send/Receive upon program > start? > > How do I change the color of windows in Fedora, the gray inside part > of windows? > > Thanks, this is exciting. I am pursuing an MIS degree and planning to > pursue Red Hat Certification. I am excited about my long adventure. > [just a bit of introduction] > > Jason. I here you want to work with this stuff, so I'll add some extras (for free). This group has prebuilt firewalls http://www.linuxguruz.com/iptables/ That said no firewall will protect you (directly) from viruses since they can travel in on any media or connection. Only a good enforceable, security/usage policy will help. This will include (but not limited to) policies on; 1) Anti-virus updates 2) Portable media usage 3) Any usage restrictions S.A for work only 4) Recovery procedures 5) Other stuff Check these sites also http://www.linuxsecurity.com/resources/network_security-2.html http://www.sans.org/ http://www.whitehats.com/info/IDS162 -- jludwig <wralphie@xxxxxxxxxxx>
