Jo, On 19-Mar-01 Marko Kaening wrote:
Hi,
much is read about ipchains in this list. I know there are also howtos about this subject, sure. But maybe somebody could give me a hint concerning a good introduction to how to set-up a firewall using ipchains with SuSE?
Unfortunately I found only manuals which explain how to firewall bigger networks, but I have a single host which I connect from time to time to the net. So I think setting-up such a thing should be a lot easier. BUT how?
You can read SuSE's documents regarding their firewall, or you may consult http://linux-firewall-tools.com/linux/firewall/index.html , an excellent site by Robert L. Ziegler who also wrote a good book about firewalling with ipchains, which is dedicated to single user systems or small networks (Linux Firewalls, 1999 by Robert L. Ziegler, New Riders, ISBN 0-7357-0900-9, $39.99). There's also a german version available (I think from Markt+Technik - check Amazon et al. for more information). On Ziegler's Site you can also construct a pretty good ipchains-based firewall script on-the-fly which is very useable and a good basis of own developements.
Any help welcome.
Regards, Marko
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