On Wed, 2012-07-04 at 15:04 +0800, lina wrote: > On 4 Jul, 2012, at 14:15, Ralf Mardorf <ralf.mard...@alice-dsl.net> wrote: > > > On Wed, 2012-07-04 at 11:19 +0800, lina wrote: > >> Hi, > >> > >> I don't know which firewall (http://wiki.debian.org/Firewalls) I should > >> choose. > >> > >> Thanks ahead for recommendation, and it will be very nice if you tell > >> me why you recommend this one. > > > > To answer drily: Test them and report what firewall does protect you the > > best against no attacks. Linux for home usage was safe, is safe, will be > > safe. Yes, it's safe regarding to things I criticize. I don't criticize > > protection per se, I only worry about toooo much security for nothing. > > Ha... I just realized mine is exposed at least in our department. I can see > the open ports and the OS. > Just sometimes wish it can be invisible in some way. > > I tried firehol yesterday. It's orphed. > > Thanks.
*chuckle* A trillion years ago I used a firewall myself. "Ports" are an issue, I wasn't able to down- or upload by ftp. BUT, How many serious attacks did you notice around the last 30 days? Nobody tried to simply open your DVD drive, let alone really serious attacks. Regarding to the security "Linux Land" is "Pony land", there aren't serious attacks to home computers using Linux and even serious attacks against Linux server-users usually go /dev/null ... Hard to believe, but Linux is Pony Land regarding to attacks. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1341387514.2110.29.camel@precise
