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Hi..
I am setting up a database-driven website and i want to install a firewall in my system.I have suse 8.1 if that helps.Any good stuff apart from smoothwall(its too big to downlooad it with my 56 modem)
Thanx in advance
I think smooth wall is an entire distro, are you going to build a second machine and make it a firewall, or are you looking to run a host based firewall ?
If you are going to build another box you may just want to install suse on that one and configure iptables. If
you want a gui there are a number of gui interfaces to iptables.
If you are looking to just use one computer and have a host based firewall you may just want to configure
iptables. If you want there are a number of gui interfaces to iptables.
oh yes indeed it helps...it seems that my knowledge on security wasn't so good..i havent thought having a second machine as a firewall,it sounds very good idea but since i have only one machine i ll probably do it as host based firewall..thanx all of you..
As i see iptables has to do with security issues..i didnt know that you can configure iptables to set a firewall.Where can i find a site with a good doccumentation..?
thanx again or the help
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