where is the firewall?

NoOp glgxg at sbcglobal.net
Wed Sep 16 19:31:49 UTC 2009


On 09/16/2009 11:52 AM, robert rottermann wrote:
> first: where is the firewall, how do I configure it?
> 
> iptables -L shows nothing.
> 
> if there is (as I am afraid) no firewall, how is the access from the internet
> block (the box is is used as a webserver).
> 

$ locate iptables
/sbin/iptables
etc.

If it's not there (should be):
http://packages.ubuntu.com/dapper/iptables

You may also find these links helpful:

<http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2009/06/03/getting-started-with-firewall-builder/>
https://help.ubuntu.com/6.06/index.html
[Server Guide - HTML, PDF]
https://help.ubuntu.com/6.06/ubuntu/serverguide/C/index.html
<https://help.ubuntu.com/6.06/ubuntu/serverguide/C/firewall-configuration.html>






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