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Linux stateful firewall design |
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Saturday, 08 January 2005 |
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This tutorial shows you how to use netfilter to set up a powerful Linux stateful firewall. All you need is an existing Linux system that's currently using a Linux 2.4.x or 2.6.x kernel. A laptop, workstation, router or server with at a Linux 2.4.x or 2.6.x kernel will do. You should be reasonably familiar with standard network terminology like IP addresses, source and destination port numbers, TCP, UDP and ICMP, etc. By the end of the tutorial, you'll understand how Linux stateful firewalls are put together and you'll have several example configurations to use in your own projects.
In this tutorial, we're going to put together a Linux stateful firewall. Our firewall is going to run on a Linux laptop, workstation, server, or router; its primary goal is to allow only certain types of network traffic to pass through. To increase security, we're going to configure the firewall to drop or reject traffic that we're not interested in, as well as traffic that could pose a security threat. Read more at LinuxExposed |
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