Re: Firewall

["Kiko" <alex_ki hotmail com>]

    I personally don't know how Linux's firewall package works, but in
general practice a hardware firewall alone will not provide you full
security since most of them stop "intruders" from coming in but do nothing
about them sending out information once they are in ( this is simplified of
course ).  For better security you normally need to add a software firewall,
and for extra security you may need authentication and encryption.
    After I installed a software firewall in one of my Windows machines I
realized how many apps were trying to reach the net without me even knowing
before, some of them were OK ( e.g. browsers, emails, etc ) but others were
odd.  Well, anyways I hope this helps a little to answer your question,
since I'm a little new to Linux myself I would ask for somebody else's
opinion.

Alex


----- Original Message -----
From: "techhead4life" <maurice alltechneeds com>
To: <redhat-install-list redhat com>
Sent: Thursday, June 27, 2002 2:29 PM
Subject: Firewall


> Hello there
>
> Newbie Here
>
> Installing Linux7.3 for the first time as a server
>
> I have a hardware firewall already, it is recommended that I install the
> software firewall that linux comes with?
>
> I just dont want to compromise the performance of the server and people
not
> getting through to my webserver.
>
> M~
>
>
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