Re: [hlds_linux] [OT?]Securing a linux box running HLDS

2002-10-15 Thread Nathan Clark
Hi James and Adam You'll find that most of the stuff written about iptables is by geeks, for geeks, and isn't much help to anyone who just wants to get a box up and running safely. This is a VERY simple explanation, it takes a WHOLE lot more than this to secure a box properly, but this should

Re: [hlds_linux] Helping me convince the IT guy...

2002-10-15 Thread Anders Vinger
At 19:36 14.10.2002 -0400, you wrote: I have been trying to convince my IT guy to let me park a server. He is concerned about what is stopping anyone from hacking into our server and then getting into the rest of our network here at work. He is also concerned about someone ping flooding our

RE: [hlds_linux] [OT?]Securing a linux box running HLDS

2002-10-15 Thread Jez McKinley
That is one of the clearest explanations of setting up ipchains I have seen, and I read a lot when trying to get to grips with it a while back. Nice Job. -Original Message- From: Nathan Clark [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 15 October 2002 08:13 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re:

RE: [hlds_linux] [OT?]Securing a linux box running HLDS

2002-10-15 Thread Stan
Looks like I'll leave OUTPUT at accept all, and DENY ALL on INPUT. As far as I can see all I need to let in is TCP 22 for SSH, TCP and UDP on port 2701x (what ever the server(s) are/is on) and TCP 27011 for the banlist TCP isn't used on the 2701x port, only UDP. StanTheMan