On Tue, May 11, 2004 at 08:05:44PM +1000, Ben Stringer wrote: > On Tue, 2004-05-11 at 19:27, Florian Idelberger wrote: > > Is there a standard firewall in fedora? If yes, how to turn it off? > > I don't need because I'm behind a big proxy with a firewall. > > redhat-config-securitylevel Just because you are behind a big firewall does not mean that you should not enable a local firewall. It is true that when debugging things a firewall can add complexity and turning it off is helpful in clearing up a problem. However once the problem is cleared up it is good to revisit local firewall settings. The current set of virus/worms are exploiting common network services on WindowZ machines (i.e. open ports). Should a like problem be discovered in a Linux service then your open ports could be an issue. Understanding how to lock things down is good. Having unneeded services already locked down is simply good style. A buzz this week is that a big firewall router company has had enough security issues exploited that some consider that they are in the same bad boy boat that MS is in with regard to security. Fix your problem then revisit redhat-config-securitylevel and iptables etc to tighten up the box. -- T o m M i t c h e l l /dev/null the ultimate in secure storage.
