Re: [gentoo-user] Hardening a laptop for travel

2007-12-13 Thread William Kenworthy
On Thu, 2007-12-13 at 13:09 -0600, Dan Farrell wrote: > On Sat, 8 Dec 2007 13:41:06 -0500 > > I don't run iptables on my laptops. Instead, I choose to run only a > few secure services and then proceed to not worry about it. > hmmm - another target. Firewalls can be viewed as a waste of time

Re: [gentoo-user] Hardening a laptop for travel

2007-12-13 Thread Dan Farrell
On Mon, 10 Dec 2007 15:58:02 -0800 Grant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I don't know, now that I've set up shorewall on my router it seems > like a simple matter to set it up on another machine. I should only > need to edit a few config files with very light additions. > > - Grant Either way you

Re: [gentoo-user] Hardening a laptop for travel

2007-12-13 Thread Grant
> > > I don't know, now that I've set up shorewall on my router it seems > > > like a simple matter to set it up on another machine. I should only > > > need to edit a few config files with very light additions. > > > > > > - Grant > > > > Understand - to be honest I have moved to shorewall on alm

Re: [gentoo-user] Hardening a laptop for travel

2007-12-13 Thread Grant
> > I don't know, now that I've set up shorewall on my router it seems > > like a simple matter to set it up on another machine. I should only > > need to edit a few config files with very light additions. > > > > - Grant > > Understand - to be honest I have moved to shorewall on almost all my > m

Re: [gentoo-user] Hardening a laptop for travel

2007-12-10 Thread Grant
> > I don't know, now that I've set up shorewall on my router it seems > > like a simple matter to set it up on another machine. I should only > > need to edit a few config files with very light additions. > > > > - Grant > > Understand - to be honest I have moved to shorewall on almost all my > m

Re: [gentoo-user] Hardening a laptop for travel

2007-12-10 Thread William Kenworthy
> > I don't know, now that I've set up shorewall on my router it seems > like a simple matter to set it up on another machine. I should only > need to edit a few config files with very light additions. > > - Grant Understand - to be honest I have moved to shorewall on almost all my machines f

Re: [gentoo-user] Hardening a laptop for travel

2007-12-10 Thread Grant
> > Alright I guess I'll just set up shorewall on the laptop with a config > > similar to the router's. Maybe I'll set up shorewall on the other > > system in my local network while I'm at it. > > > > - Grant > > shorewall is good - but overkill on a single machine. Have a look at > the net-misc/

Re: [gentoo-user] Hardening a laptop for travel

2007-12-10 Thread William Kenworthy
On Mon, 2007-12-10 at 08:50 -0800, Grant wrote: > > Alright I guess I'll just set up shorewall on the laptop with a config > similar to the router's. Maybe I'll set up shorewall on the other > system in my local network while I'm at it. > > - Grant shorewall is good - but overkill on a single

Re: [gentoo-user] Hardening a laptop for travel

2007-12-10 Thread Grant
> > > I have shorewall set up on my router but I haven't set up anything > > > security-wise for my laptop which normally sits behind the router. > > > What should I be setting up on the laptop in preparation for traveling > > > and connecting via a foreign network or even directly to the Internet?

Re: [gentoo-user] Hardening a laptop for travel

2007-12-10 Thread Mick
On Saturday 08 December 2007, Andrey Falko wrote: > On Dec 8, 2007 8:35 AM, Grant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have shorewall set up on my router but I haven't set up anything > > security-wise for my laptop which normally sits behind the router. > > What should I be setting up on the laptop in

Re: [gentoo-user] Hardening a laptop for travel

2007-12-08 Thread Andrey Falko
On Dec 8, 2007 8:35 AM, Grant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have shorewall set up on my router but I haven't set up anything > security-wise for my laptop which normally sits behind the router. > What should I be setting up on the laptop in preparation for traveling > and connecting via a foreign

[gentoo-user] Hardening a laptop for travel

2007-12-08 Thread Grant
I have shorewall set up on my router but I haven't set up anything security-wise for my laptop which normally sits behind the router. What should I be setting up on the laptop in preparation for traveling and connecting via a foreign network or even directly to the Internet? I don't run sshd on th