From: Nick Drage <nickd@funkyjesus.org>
To: "netfilter@lists.samba.org" <netfilter@lists.samba.org>
Subject: Re: iptables and their use..
Date: Sun, 2 Jun 2002 16:24:54 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20020602162454.O27307@funkyjesus.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20020602170044.D12326@oknodo.bof.de>; from bof@bof.de on Sun, Jun 02, 2002 at 05:00:44PM +0200
On Sun, Jun 02, 2002 at 05:00:44PM +0200, Patrick Schaaf wrote:
> > So - as a general rule, what does one do? What do people block and what
> > do they accept??
>
> General rule: block everything, log the blocking, stare at the logs while
> doing what needs to be done, and then accept what is neccessary, and no
> more.
Spot on - "that which is not explicitly permitted is denied" is the way to
go, only allow traffic in that's required.
> You'll learn all the common stuff in about 1-2 years.
Bah, depending on time and intelligence it shouldn't take that long, plus
don't worry about the common stuff... if you block everything then
everything's blocked :)
--
FunkyJesus System Administration Team
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2002-06-02 15:24 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-06-02 14:36 iptables and their use Ted Gervais
2002-06-02 15:00 ` Patrick Schaaf
2002-06-02 15:24 ` Nick Drage [this message]
2002-06-02 15:59 ` Brent Scriver
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