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Old 08-21-2006, 07:00 AM   #1
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Securing Internet Ports


Hello i installed squid and firestarter in my Ubuntu desktop which is our firewall. i would just wanna ask if there is any thing more that i can do to secure internet ports.
 
Old 08-21-2006, 09:21 AM   #2
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Hello i installed squid and firestarter in my Ubuntu desktop which is our firewall. i would just wanna ask if there is any thing more that i can do to secure internet ports.
not really.. i mean, iptables (firestarer is a front-end to that) lets you do that without the need for anything else... all that would be left to do is to make sure the iptables configuration you are using is doing what you want it to do...

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