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01-20-2006, 12:20 PM
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Registered: Jan 2006
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how to set firewall after installing linux o/s?
I have installed Redhat Linux 9 on my pc with no firewall option at the time of installation.But after installation i have connected to internet through LAN,now i want to on my firewall as we do in windows.can any one please tell how to do that?
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01-20-2006, 01:05 PM
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Senior Member
Registered: Dec 2005
Location: Campinas/SP - Brazil
Distribution: SuSE, RHEL, Fedora, Ubuntu
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At a terminal, run the command redhat-config-securitylevel.
This is a GUI where you can enable/disbale it and open some pre-defined ports/services.
regards,
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01-20-2006, 01:48 PM
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Registered: May 2003
Location: Wageningen, the Netherlands
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An example that reminds me a bit of the Windows firewalls, is Firestarter. There are probably more examples, try searching. Hope that helps. |
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01-23-2006, 01:36 AM
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thank u very much.
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