Re: Unsure about security requirements for workstation/server

[Yasir Assam]

Thanks for your feedback Andrei - I appreciate it. I think I'll invest time in learning shorewall. Yasir On Wed, 01 Feb 2006 10:40:57 +1100 Yasir Assam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I suppose shorewall will be useful for monitoring/blocking outgoing connections. Outgoing? This is not windoze! Unless you get rooted there should be no concern regarding the outgoing traffic. But having shorewall as a second line of defense is a good idea. With it you can, for example, limit the ssh access to only specific IP's, as you said you want that only for select friends. If you have X on that machine you could also use firestarter, which is much easier to configure, it has a GUI ;) As for the XP machine, you still need personal firewall & anti-virus & anti-spyware software. The Linux firewall can't guard you against that nasty stuff. It can, however, filter your e-mail if you set it up as mail server with anti-virus. Thanks, Yasir Regards Andrei -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]