On Monday 11 May 2009, captgoodnight captgoodnight said something like:
> Dig into iptables, stay away from graphical front ends until you
> understand the under current syntax, thus improving your
> understanding of tcp/ip and iptables...
> > Question: What programs do you guys use for firewalls on your PCs?
> >
> > I never used firewall software on my PCs because they were hidden
> > behind a router running a firewall distro, and I'm pretty careful
> > about what services I install. But I thought I should probably have
> > something in place on my laptop.
> >
> > The laptop is 32-bit Debian, running an XFCE DE I installed from
> > the ground up.
Once you have a basic understanding of IPTables, check out Shorewall.
it is quite useful for even simple firewalls, and the config is all
text-file based, and I think there are GUIs if you really want it.
j
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