On Thu, 25 Oct 2001, Brian Meadows wrote: Out of the box... I don't know! but I like, use the pcx_firewall! The default instalation is pretty good! You can also install Bastille! It comes on mdk8.1! In the past I used to have Bastille on my system, now I prefer pcx, though I haven't seen the last 'editions' of Bastille!
[]s > > Hi all, > > This is probably a FAQ, but I can't find the answer in the > e-mails I have so far.... Some background is needed. > > In common with quite a few people, I would expect, I'm a > long-time Windows hack trying out Linux because of Borland's > Kylix, aka Delphi for Linux. I'm starting from as near zero > knowledge of Linux as makes no difference. > > Living in a very rural area of Pennsylvania, I have a choice of > exactly one cable access provider, and they're a bit paranoid, to > put it mildly. They've managed to configure their access systems > in such a way as to (deliberately!) prevent use of a router as a > hardware firewall, unless you buy their much more expensive > "commercial" access. > > Now, when my machine is booted in Windows, I see an average of > something like 30 unauthorised access attempts a day (the > 24.x.y.z IP address of most cable modems is an open invitation). > So far as Windows is concerned, I use Zone Alarm as a software > firewall, and everyone is reasonably happy (even if I'm still a > bit annoyed about having a perfectly good router sitting on my > desk doing nothing). > > I have two questions. > > 1) Is there an equivalent to Zone Alarm for the Linux world - a > software firewall that will work "out of the box"? > > 2) If there isn't such a firewall, I'm being swamped by the > amount of documentation that I need to read - is there a Newbie's > guide to Linux security out there somewhere that will mean that I > can block out the hackers while I'm learning the rest of the OS? > > Thanks, > > Brian. > > -- ========================================================== Linux user # 102240 => Machine # 96125 => Seti@home user ==========================================================
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