Lourens replying to daves debian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have firestarter installed on my system, I logon as root,
> start the setup wizard, simple config, test as root, aok, log
> out and into a user account, aok
>
> re-boot my machine and root is OK but no matter what I
> configure, my day to day user account cannot access the web, or
> mail !!!
>
> I thought that default config would set up a firewall for me ??
> I have to
> firestarter --stop
> to access the web ...
>
> I admit iptables and IP addresses confuses me,
>
> Can anyone tell me of an idiots firewall ? One even I can set
> up ?
>
Nice tutorial:
http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/security/library/s-netip/
?t=gr,lnxw02=LinuxFirewall
Firewall script that you can run, get a feel for what is being "done"
while you roll your own: http://asgardsrealm.net/linux/firewall
HTH
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