Re: A story and (request for) some advice.

2001-04-27 Thread Benjamin Scott
On Fri, 27 Apr 2001, Karl J. Runge wrote: > Yes, one drawback of a "safety shield" script like the one I am talking > about is that it can encourage laziness. I'm not so much worried about that (you can only do so much) as misrepresentation. Any such script should be clearly documented with gl

Re: A story and (request for) some advice.

2001-04-26 Thread Benjamin Scott
On Wed, 25 Apr 2001, Karl J. Runge wrote: > I've been trying to come up with a short and simple to understand > "educational" ipchains script that people would understand readily and > nevertheless it would defend their home machine(s) pretty well (at least > against these script-kiddie attacks).

Re: A story and (request for) some advice.

2001-04-24 Thread ccb
> I know all about the "boxes" for sharing. I don't want one for an > entirely different reason. My job is moderately technical but I'm > definately a hands on kind of guy. The firewall is an excellent > opportunity to learn and to get my hands dirty, although at the moment it > isn't looking