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From: Rodney Clowdus <rclowdus@kcnet.com>
To: <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
Subject: Re: firewalls
Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2001 00:24:30 -0500 (CDT)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.31.0110230014400.8190-100000@susestar.beaver> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0110221837370.20281-100000@ignatious>

I went to the shields up web site and it's very educational.  Thanks for
the info.  It seems from what I'm learning that it's easier to secure a
linux box than a windows box.  Well, it looks like I have another subject
to learn about... ipchains.

The Weaving Beaver
rclowdus@kcnet.com
"Chop your own firewood and it will warm you twice."
"Weave your own cloth and it will reward you twice."

On Mon, 22 Oct 2001, Kirk Wood wrote:

> I don't really know if a hardware solution is better then the firewall you
> activated. Certainly at some point all firewalls have software.
>
> It is quite possible to have a robust firwall with just linux. In fact,
> you can create one with ipchains. Just the same, you can create an
> insecure firewall with software. You can go to the shields up web site and
> they will give you a basic idea of what you have available to scipt
> kiddies.
>
> =======
> Kirk Wood
> Cpt.Kirk@1tree.net
>
> "When I take action, I'm not going to fire a $2 million missle at
> a $10 empty tent and hit a camel in the butt. It's going to be decisive."
> 	- President George Bush
>
>
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Thread overview: 61+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
 DSL Providors Raul A. Gallegos
 ` Tommy Moore
 ` Frank Carmickle
 ` Ann Parsons
   ` Shaun Oliver
   ` Rodney Clowdus
     ` Lawrence Baggett
       ` Rodney Clowdus
         ` Gregory Nowak
         ` Raul A. Gallegos
         ` Shaun Oliver
           ` Janina Sajka
     ` Raul A. Gallegos
     ` Janina Sajka
     ` Ann Parsons
       ` Rodney Clowdus
         ` Ann Parsons
   ` djc
     ` Ann Parsons
   ` Raul A. Gallegos
     ` Buddy Brannan
     ` Ann Parsons
     ` Amanda Lee
       ` Richard Villa
       ` Raul A. Gallegos
         ` Frank Carmickle
         ` Amanda Lee
           ` Ann Parsons
           ` Raul A. Gallegos
             ` Kirk Wood
         ` Tommy Moore
           ` Frank Carmickle
       ` Ann Parsons
         ` Amanda Lee
           ` Kirk Wood
             ` Rodney Clowdus
               ` firewalls Kirk Wood
                 ` Rodney Clowdus [this message]
                   ` firewalls William Hubbs
                     ` firewalls Rodney Clowdus
                       ` firewalls djc
           ` DSL Providors Kenny Hitt
       ` Kirk Wood
         ` Amanda Lee
           ` Kirk Wood
             ` Raul A . Gallegos
               ` Amanda Lee
             ` Amanda Lee
   ` Janina Sajka
     ` Ann Parsons
   ` Kirk Wood
     ` Ann Parsons
 ` Janina Sajka
   ` Ann Parsons
     ` Janina Sajka
   ` Raul A. Gallegos
     ` Janina Sajka
     ` Janina Sajka
       ` Raul A. Gallegos
         ` Janina Sajka
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
 firewalls Frank Carmickle

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