how to set up the firewall?

Michael Schwendt ms-nospam-0306 at arcor.de
Sun Dec 7 10:45:07 UTC 2003


On Sun, 07 Dec 2003 10:01:39 +0000, Keith G. Robertson-Turner wrote:

> On Sun, 07 Dec 2003 10:32:43 +0100, Thorsten wrote:
> 
> > can anybody give me a hint on where to find the firewall and how to alter
> > the iptable?
> 
> The best place to start (as with everything Linux) is with the man page.
> 
> man iptables

And http://www.netfilter.org
 
> The actual filter "table" is in:
> 
> /etc/sysconfig/iptables

redhat-config-securitylevel for beginners.

> Can't speak for others, but to me it always seemed self-explanatory.
> 
> If you're going to do thing's the "legit" way, don't edit the file
> directly, but use the iptables *command* to configure it.
> 
> If you're looking for a Point'N'Drool gooey, you could do worse than
> Firestarter (http://firestarter.sourceforge.net)

Available in fine rpm form at http://fedora.us
Alternatively, Shorewall can be found there, too.

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