These are slightly updated instructions I've not seen anywhere else as Arno's excellent firewall no longer works out of the box with PSAD.
I'm following instructions to automate the installation of Ubuntu Server 12.04 using kickstart. It works well for automatically partitioning the drives, selecting languages etc. However, it doesn't configure the firewall. It is a known issue.
Running without a firewall isn't a good idea.
iptables is a firewall that is a replacement of the IPChains firewall for the Linux 2.4 kernel and later versions. It requires elevated privileges to operate, and it must be executed by user root, otherwise it fails to function.
Using Firewall Builder To Configure Router Access Lists
Firewall Builder is a firewall configuration and management
GUI
that supports configuring a wide range of firewalls from a
single application. Supported firewalls include Linux
iptables,
BSD pf, Cisco ASA/PIX, Cisco router access lists and many
more.
Firstly, for a home PC, behind a router isit important to install/configure a firewall?
If so, how do I do it? I have lamp-server installed as I'm a web developer. I may want my other PC's on LAN to access my files or web pages, ssh in (maybe in the future), but not from outside. How can I configure this?
Managing A Single Firewall Policy For Multiple Servers Using Firewall Builder
In this tutorial we are going to cover how to use Firewall Builder
clusters to manage a single firewall policy that gets deployed on
multiple servers.
Firewall Access Policy Rulesets, Part 1
I'm having trouble configuring my SuSE firewall and was wondering if anyone has any experience to assist me or point me to some documentation that may help.
ConfigServer Firewall, an SPI iptables firewall that is straightforward, easy and flexible to configure and secure, with extra checks to ensure smooth operation, is now at version 6.01.
Highlights of ConfigServer Firewall 6.01:
• Ensure all binaries are called with their full paths for the scheduled Server Security Check reports;
• csf -u/-uf/--update and -c/--check are now allowed whe
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