On Mon, Mar 14, 2005 at 09:48:42AM -0500, Tamas K Papp wrote: > On Mon, Mar 14, 2005 at 03:39:47PM +0100, SteX wrote: > > Hi, > > > > > >I thought it would be a good idea to have a firewall on my machine. I > > >did apt-cache search firewall, but there are so many... Could > > >somebody please recommend a firewall program that is reliable, simple > > >yet easy to administer? I don't know a lot about firewalls. > > >Firewalls with text config files (no slick gui) would be ok, too. > > > > > iptables is enough: bash scripting based! > > Stex, > > Thanks, but maybe I was not clear enough. I know nothing about packet > filtering. If I use iptables, I am likely to set it up with a lot of > holes in it, even after reading the tutorials. I was looking for > something simple & quick. Try fwbuilder which may help to set up a firewall, but it won't release from a basic understanding how firewalls and iptables work.
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