Web base Firewall (IPCOP) very powerful with the addon called BOT (block out traffice) base on IPtables.
On Wed, Jul 4, 2012 at 12:38 PM, Ralf Mardorf <ralf.mard...@alice-dsl.net> wrote: > 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 > -- 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/CAGWVfMkBFCuWuPS0ef6Z5HG_JtZScAYzm93Mej=6t_yc+yz...@mail.gmail.com
