Firewall

[Paul den Hertog]

Timothy A. Holmes wrote:

>Hi Folks:
>
>I got my Breezy machine up and running over the weekend, and I LOVE IT
>--
>
>In digging around a little bit this weekend, I could not find any type
>of firewall listed as being running -- I am a bit leery of leaving an
>exposed machine hanging out on the broadband connection like that, so I
>was wondering where to find / how to configure the firewall for Breezy. 
>
>Here at work, I use a hardware firewall to keep things sealed up tight,
>so I have not installed iptables on my fedora servers, so I am afraid to
>admit that im gonna need some references for whatever firewall is in
>use.
>
>Checking the Wiki lead me to several entries that needed built, but
>nothing that contained any useful information other than one entry of
>someone expounding about how a firewall was not needed !!!!  
>
>Any suggestions, help etc would be greatly appreciated
>
>
>
>Timothy A. Holmes
>IT Manager / Network Admin / Web Master / Computer Teacher
> 
>Medina Christian Academy
>A Higher Standard...
> 
>Jeremiah 33:3
>Jeremiah 29:11
>Esther 4:14
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Hi there,

You could try firestarter, it's easy and welldocumented. apt-get install
firestarter

Regards,

Paul