Hi all: I'm looking at Firewall and Security listing on Freshmeat, but I have no idea what I should consider installing to tighten up my box. My immediate goal is to not allow anything into or out of my home network, unless it happens to be for email/news, ftp to other sites, and Internet browsing.
I've been lurking in a few lists, and I keep reading about port scans, so I'd like to learn more about them, and how to detect/log them, etc. The only thing I recognize is tripwire, and that from reading it in few posts, but it appears to be available only in rpm format, and as source only. Also, IIRC, I should compile security related software on my machine since one isn't to trust a binary from an external source. Is this correct? I'm off to read the Security HOWTO 'nite! -- ( __ _ Mark Wagnon ) Debian GNU/ -o) / / (_)__ __ ____ __ Chula Vista, CA ( /\\/ /__/ / _ \/ // /\ \/ / [EMAIL PROTECTED] ) www.debian.org _\_v____/_/_//_/\_,_/ /_/\_\