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From: Wagner, Joseph <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Monday, December 06, 1999 11:25 AM
Subject: RE: Security Advice
>As I said before, I have a standalone machine at my home for my own
personal
>use. I have already evaluated my security needs. I only need to surf the
>web, download files, and send/receive email. I do not need offer any
>services or to be a server of any kind -- FTP, HTTP, email, or otherwise.
>
>I have already evaluated my security needs. I need to know what to do. Is
>IPCHAINS too much hastle for a personal home user such as myself? If not,
>what do you recommend I use for a chain?
>
Ipchains is a very good thing for home use. It shouldn't be too hard to set
up either. Just get the rpm of ipchains-1.3.8 and install it. Read through
the readme files in /usr/doc/ipchains-1.3.8 that it will install. If you
want some fast examples, typing in this as root at the command prompt will
give you fair protection:
ipchains -A -i ppp0 -p TCP -y -j DENY
This will deny all connection attempts to your modem, if its on the ppp0
interface. You can receive replies to your own web page, email and other
requests, but no one can make a connection to you. There may be flaws with
this, but I have made use of it for a while now. A good hosts.allow /
hosts.deny combo is good. Removing anything you don't need is also
advisable. Hope this helps..
Jeff Hogg
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