Re: [Sheflug] Firewalls and port scanners

[Barrie Bremner <nospam [at] ecosse.net>]

Craig Andrews wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I have been messing around with ipchains to make a simple firewall for
> internet use. I have used shields-up! at www.grc.com, but I vaguely
> remember some talk about alternative, more generic (shields up is
> intended to test windows machines primarily. It has a lot of NetBIOS stuff
> there) port scanners.
> 
> As I do not wish to have any publicly open ports at this time, would
> blanket-rejecting anything on ppp-in be acceptable?
> 
> Finally, I have been messing with gfcc, a Gnome/GTK+ firewall config
> program which has several templates and can output shell scripts in an
> instant. It makes the whole process much more pleasant.
> 

 Craig,

 I've been tweaking my firewall setup, that I started a wee while back -
everything works as planed now.. I can send you my firewall rules, and
show you why and how I've done things, or feel free just to grill me if
you have any hassles.

 Baz. 

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