James Knott wrote: > John Boyle wrote: >> M Henri Day wrote: >>> 2008/9/9 Mike Fridley, Jr. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> >>> >>>> Hey, >>>> >>>> I'm kind of intermediate when it comes to security software, but >>>> the free >>>> AVG suite I have from Grisoft has done a perfect job at everything.... >>>> >>>> Hope that helps >>>> >>>> Mike Fridley, USA >>>> >>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>> >>> >>> >>> Mike, on the relevant AVG webpage, prospective users are informed that >>> neither AVG Free nor AVG Anti-Virus Pro (at € 34.49 per annum) >>> provide a >>> firewall. One is, however, provided by AVG Internet Security, which >>> costs € >>> 51.74 per annum.... >>> >>> Henri >>> >> To All: If you are using Linux, what firewall is recommended, since >> AVG is, as far as I know, not available for Linux? Secondly, Windows >> has a firewall of its own, thirdly, there is a pretty good one called >> Escan from MWTI.com, which is NOT free, but pretty reasonable. :-) >> > > Linux has a firewall built into the kernel, unlike Windows, where it's > an add on. This makes it much more secure. > > Make your own 'OpenNetFilter (ONF)" Firewall for free. It is the best on the market, already in all modern Linux distros' kernels.
Here is a HowTo: http://www.novell.com/coolsolutions/feature/18139.html It also has a complete script that can be adapted for most needs. I made one and it is not that hard to understand. You just write all the rules into a rules.sh file and execute it with "./rules.sh" to write it into the kernel tables. :-) Al --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
