Rodrigo wrote: > > Hello all ! > What is the best way to make a firewall for a desktop station ? There > aren't any servers running on my computer. > Right after installing mdk8.1 I ran the control center and set the > firewall answering the questions. Some time ago I decided to explore the > BastilleInteractive options (I was curious) and left almost all the > items set with the default options. I think it didn't make much > difference for me and I have the same settings I had with the control > center's firewall, but there is a doubt: how can I make sure that my > firewall is running ? I don't see any process called Bastille or > iptables with ps -ax, I only see a message during the boot process, > "initializing Bastille Firewall [OK]". > Another question, are all the standard firewall that come with mdk8.1 > dependant on Bastille or I can disable Bastille at start-up ? > Thanks,
You can test your firewall to see if it's protecting you here: https://grc.com/x/ne.dll?bh0bkyd2 Mike
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