Redhat 7.3 firewall

[nmeyers at javalinux.net (Nathan Meyers)]

On Fri, Sep 06, 2002 at 07:03:19PM -0400, Derek D. Martin wrote:
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> At some point hitherto, David Kramer hath spake thusly:
> > Any tips?  Thanks.
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> While this certainly won't help you solve your immediate problem, the
> best advice I can give you, IMO, is to throw Zeigler's tool away,
> learn iptables well, and do it yourself the Right Way(tm).
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>   http://www.netfilter.org

Also consider iptables-based firewalls. I've been happy with shorewall
(http://www.shorewall.net), and it's very easy to configure.

Nathan Meyers
nmeyers at javalinux.net

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> For some of the more esoteric (but important) bits, I found this site
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>   http://kalamazoolinux.org/presentations/20010417/conntrack.html
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> Be sure to read the netfilter FAQs and HOWTOs first though.  And the
> iptables man page.