On Fri, 30 Mar 2012 22:48:18 +0400, wlan wrote in message <CAP=r6j15mdjdkojhf+2qnvh39vwegyesy_moqvb2p3c4sod...@mail.gmail.com>: > 2012/3/30 Russell L. Harris <rlhar...@broadcaster.org> > > > * Russell L. Harris <rlhar...@broadcaster.org> [120324 07:15]: > > > >From the standpoint of protection of a LAN (two or three > > > >machines) for > > > a home or home office... > > ... > > > Is there a good firewall application in Debian which provides a > > > secure default configuration? Or must I learn how to configure a > > > firewall? > > > > I thank all of you for the response. I have read the various > > recommendations and have printed them out for reference. > > > > Meanwhile -- because my need is immediate -- I chose to go with the > > IPCop system, which is a branch of SmoothWall GPL, but now appears > > to have advanced beyond SmoothWall. IPCop version 2 is very easy to > > install and get running, using the default rules. > > > > So now that I have running a replacement for the failed D-Link > > DIR-615, I have the leisure to study and consider other approaches.
> I think netfilter are better firewall, you can read documentation from > iptables. It's really cool. =) ..er, _how_ is netfilter a "better firewall" than the iptables based ipcop? ;o) -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt Karlsen ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120401194918.1c2c5...@nb6.lan
