On Sat, 8 May 2004 17:42:50 -0500, "John Fleming" <john@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >Was the consensus Shorewall?? I tried the archives to no avail. I want to >open the standard stuff like www, ftp, ssh, named, pop and smtp, and some >ports for Webmin and want to block the rest. What's the easiest for a >newbie to start with? Thanks! - John I struggled with several and settled on GuardDog. To my mind, it's an intuitive interface. http://www.simonzone.com/software/guarddog/ -- Steve