Security. Ah, security. It’s the make or break for administrators on so many levels. For the Linux operating system you could go in so many directions with your security. You could go the graphical front-end and make life easy but lose some flexibility. Or you could go the far more challenging route and use the [...]
- Author: Jack Wallen
- Published: Oct 3rd, 2009
- Comments: 2
Use this iptables script for Web/Mail server security
- Author: Jack Wallen
- Published: Sep 18th, 2009
- Comments: None
Build a custom firewall with fwbuilder
For the Linux operating system there are plenty of possibilities when it comes to firewalls. One possible option is Firestarter (You can read my “introductory” article “Firestarter: Simple to use desktop firewall” for an example of one such tool). You could also get very granular with the command line tool iptables. Of course most administrators [...]
- Author: Jack Wallen
- Published: Sep 15th, 2009
- Comments: 6
Firestarter: Simple to use, powerful desktop firewall
Every PC needs protection. Even though the Linux operating system has a reputation for being nearly crack-proof, it is irresponsible to assume this true. Any operating system connected to a network is vulnerable in some way or other and having as much protection as you can is the only way to use a computer intelligently.
Now [...]
- Author: Jack Wallen
- Published: Mar 27th, 2009
- Comments: 1
Configure a Linux Firewall with Webmin
Recently I wrote two articles, one on Creating a Linux Firewall with fwbuilder, and one Webmin: One Stop Linux Configuration. So I thought it might be a good idea to do an article that combined the two and illustrated how to configure a Linux firewall with Webmin.
As you would expect, with the help of Webmin, [...]
- Author: Jack Wallen
- Published: Mar 25th, 2009
- Comments: 3
Build a Quick and Reliable Firewall with fwbuilder
Network security is tantamount to retaining your sanity. Be it at home or at your place of business, a firewall is often a necessity (especially when you have Windows machines on your network.) With the Linux operating system there are a number of ways to build a firewall. Back in the day I used to [...]
