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I'm new to Linux, recently set up Mandrake 8.1. I'm looking for a firewall product to install on it. It comes with a personal firewall, but I need something a little more robust as it is going to be protecting our LAN. Are there any good, free products out there? If not, any thing you can recommend would be great. Thanks in advance!!
a firewall on linux is just iptables and a pretty front end to administer it. they all use the same filtering back end which is part fo the kernel. i use firestarter for my pretty front end, but if you need a real tough one you are confident with then you should learn iptables manually and build t from scratch like most serious users will.
It asks u some basic questions and generates iptables firewall script based on your answers. Take a look and you might get a clue what is it all about.
It asks u some basic questions and generates iptables firewall script based on your answers. Take a look and you might get a clue what is it all about.
Nice! If I would use this which file would I need to replace with this?
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