Re: First Steps.

Quoting Heddle Weaver <[email protected]>:

> Hello,
>
> Taking first steps in the security world.

You can turn any old Linux box into a firewall with a config file, but  
that's just because Linux is cool like that.

iptables (the binary) is pretty nasty, as long as you know it's there  
and can read man pages I'd leave it at that. (opinions will vary on  
this)

Start off with something like Shorewall and get a basic router going,  
most packages you install will have examples to hack at. Add more  
interfaces, second WAN connection, wireless cards etc...

Regards

Jon

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