Basic firewall requiredfor Gentoo?

vharishankar · 03-07-2005, 08:24 PM

I have a doubt. Is a firewall really required in Gentoo Linux because I am not running any services like HTTP, FTP or any other servers. Will I need a firewall?

If yes, anybody knows how to set up a basic firewall for Gentoo and how to obtain it or at least point me to some documentation?

Thanks.

comprookie2000 · 03-07-2005, 09:04 PM

It's not mandatory,but it couldn't hurt,also nice to know iptables,pretty neat really a good howto;
http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t...+firewall.html