Shorewall for web server?

[Timothy Murphy]

Jeffrey Tadlock wrote:

> You may not want to run a webserver on your firewall from a security
> standpoint, but that aside...

Is it safer to run shorewall on another computer behind the firewall?

I'd be interested in any information - eg pointers to documentation -
on making a home web-server secure (or more secure, at least).

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