On Thu, Jul 5, 2012 at 5:31 AM, Brian <a...@cityscape.co.uk> wrote: > On Wed 04 Jul 2012 at 11:19:06 +0800, lina wrote: > >> 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. > > You can either manipulate netfilter directly with iptables or have > something else (like the suggested ufw or gufw) do it for you. using > iptables is not for the faint hearted. > > Alternatively, you could detail why you need a firewall. The only reason > you have given up to now is fear. This leads to strange things being > done: for example, your 'iptables -L' output in another post shows > connections to a webserver and sshd being accepted from anywhere, as are > ICMP requests. Nothing wrong with that. But why bother with an iptables > rule if that is what you had in the first place? Indeed, I found actually the system is no much difference than before under current iptable configuration. > > > -- > 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/20120704213108.GA28931@desktop >
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