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Re: firewall critique



Zachary Uram wrote:
> Running Debian lenny. I run a web server and try to keep all other
> ports closed. Would like to get some feedback on my firewall. If you
> have any suggestions for rules to add or other changes please let me
> know. Also what are some other steps I can take next to further
> increase my security?

Since you only need one (two if you want SSL) port open set the default
policy to DROP and only open those you need.

Google's your friend - there's plenty of tutorials on the web.

Cheers,
-- 
Raf

http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html


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