LeRoy Cressy on Thu, 28 Mar 2002 10:22:07 -0500


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Re: [PLUG] firewall


Mike Leone wrote:
> 
> From: "LeRoy Cressy" <leroy@lrcressy.com>
> 
> > For a really quick filter use:
> >
> > http://netfilter.samba.org/documentation/HOWTO//packet-filtering-HOWTO-5.html
> >
> > Most people just have a single PPP connection to the Internet, and don't
> > want anyone coming back into their network, or the firewall:
> 
> The original poster said "Can anyone recommend good firewall software for a single machine with a DSL connection?". Which doesn't exclude PPP, of course, but makes it less likely.
> 
> >     ## Create chain which blocks new connections, except if coming from inside.
> 
> Presuming he has kernel 2.4.x; he hasn't said.

You can take the original authors suggestion using ppp and change it to
either eth0 or pppoe depending upon your situation.

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