[TriLUG] Firewall for my webserver (IPTABLES)

Jerry M. Howell II jmhowell at jmhowell.com
Sun Jun 8 11:08:39 EDT 2003


On Sun, Jun 08, 2003 at 09:58:41AM -0400, Kevin Flanagan wrote:
> On Sun, 2003-06-08 at 01:38, Jerry M. Howell II wrote:
> 
> Quick, take that system off of the network!
> 
> You just gave the entire internet the keys to the kingdom.  Take it off
> of the internet until you get a handle on firewalls, once you do, be
> sure that the rules aren't the same as the ones that you just posted.
> 
> I'd never discuss my firewall rules in any detail with folks that I
> don't know.
> 
> 
> 
> Just my $.02
> 
> 
Not exactly sure why thats so. It's a simple firewall. Remove all ports
then add only the needed ports. BTW, that still doesn't answer my
question as to why ppl in the cs/aol/earthlink can't access me.
Apreciate the addvice though.

-- 
Jerry M. Howell II



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