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From: Ole Martin Handeland <oli@oasenlan.com>
To: linux-newbie@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: security level configuration
Date: Wed, 03 Nov 2004 20:05:27 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <cmba60$vca$1@sea.gmane.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <fc.004c4e00006886b5004c4e00006886b5.6886cf@palmertrinity.org>

I use webmin, and it is perfect for beginners (http://www.webmin.com/)
It's simple to use, and runs through your client's web-browser.
You can navigate to network->Linux firewall, and add a rule in your 
filters input table.

If you wont try webmin, i suggest reading 'man iptables'

Ole Martin Handeland

William Stanard wrote:
> I'm running Red Hat 2.4.18-14smp; I want to enable Mail(SMTP) on the
> server and already run ssh and httpd. When I go to the Gnome gui System
> Settings > Security Level Configuration I see that the radio button for
> Use default firewall rules has been selected. As I am beginning to feel
> much more comfortable using vi to edit config files, I have been looking
> for the config file(s) to edit. My ultimate aim is to enable this intranet
> box to act as a web server and an intranet mail server, as well as accept
> ftp (Dreamweaver, to update the web pages) and PuTTY ssh connections (my
> student users). Which config file(s) must I edit, and does it (do they)
> contain enough guidance in their comments to enable me to intelligently
> configure my server?
> 
> Bill Stanard
> 
> 
> 
> 
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      reply	other threads:[~2004-11-03 19:05 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2004-11-03 11:39 security level configuration William Stanard
2004-11-03 19:05 ` Ole Martin Handeland [this message]

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