Ubuntu firewall setup for home fileserver
Hi,
I have a computer I use as a fileserver to share legal music, movies and photos across my home network.
It consists of:
1x wireless router, wireless-n, firewall
1x HEADLESS SERVER, ethernet, UBUNTU SERVER LINUX, no firewall
1x desktop computer, ethernet, Fedora Linux, software firewall
1x laptop computer, wireless, Win XP, software firewall
1x desktop computer, wireless, Win XP, software firewall
1x desktop computer, wireless, Win XP, software firewall
Now the router has an SPI firewall on it already, it was a Linksys WRT150N but that died and I'm buying a different one from TP-LINK. But regardless, it will have a firewall on it.
So, should I put a firewall on the Ubuntu server? Is it just doubling up and not really adding any protection? I do use BitTorrent to download Linux distros using it as a downloading machine and may open up ports on it for DHT.
If so, using IPTABLES? Just putting a script in /etc/rc.d and allowing
SSH 22
SAMBA ??
BITTORRENT ??
Thanks for any thoughts or comments
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