On Thu, Mar 18, 2004 at 09:36:33PM -0000, Col @ Home wrote: > Hi, > > Am trying to set up a firewall on a Debian linux machine using iptables. New > to linux, can anybody point me in the direction of > a good guide to configuring a firewall using iptables?
There a howto in /usr/share/doc/iptables IIRC. should be on tldp.org also. > I also want to get snort and acidlab going. Any help on that would be > appreciated as well. I've tried snort. apt-get install snort worked fine for me. Don't know any more. Ethereal is another option. My knowedge is as for snort. > I am a bit paranoid about security, are there any programs that can perform > security audits? If you have another system use it to run Nessus. I threw a Knoppix CD in my newer(primarily Win98) box and scanned my systems and it found quite a few problems - mainly as I was running unupdated Woody but also some config problems. Undoutably someone else will resopnd with other packages. Brian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
