there are sites that will "test" a firewall for free (sorry, i'm on my backup machine and the links are on my main machine, but google should be able to find them). these sites often have a list of common trojan port numbers and the ports you need open. it also depends on if you'll be running any of the machines as a server on the net, in which case it's more complicated. basically, you want to block all of the ports you don't need, which is most of them. also, there are some persistent ip#'s out there that are always trying to break in, best to look at the log occasionally and block those. one other thing i do, is to block most of the ad servers which really speeds things up as many of the ad servers are overloaded. there is another huge wave of incursion attempts going on for the last couple of weeks, these things tend to come in spurts as new viruses come out (many of which use infected machines to spread or to find other vulnerable machines to let the author know what to try and break into, i.e. they send the other list of vulnerable sites, using your' computer to do the probing!).
Pat Heidingsfelder wrote: > > I do have a good number of PCs on the home network. Anyone have a good > rule of thumb for setting up firewalls. I do have the built-in OS X > firewall running. On the Beige I will be running Panther Server as > soon as I can configure it to give an IP to the router. I thought it > would be as easy as it was with the normal OS X, but it is > substantially more difficult!! ----------- -- MacNetwork is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... XRouter Pro | Share your DSL or cable modem between multiple computers! Dr. Bott | Only $199 <http://www.drbott.com/prod/MIH130.html> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> MacNetwork list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/macnet.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; end list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/macnetwork%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
