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TuxeyM
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 Posted: Sat Sep 22, 2007 2:42 am Post subject: Do I need a firewall? |
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Guys I am seriously wondering about this...
Do I need a firewall on my box?
I always knew linux was secure, but I am wondering about a 'What if' scenario happens.
Here is the deal...
I am running the newest gentoo kernel out, 2.6.22 r5 on my box upstairs, and I have a windows box downstairs.
Both of these boxes are connected through my linksys wrt54g router, which has an SPI firewall running.
I don't have sshd running EVER on my linux box.
Do I really need an iptables type firewall? |
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desultory
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| Posted: Sat Sep 22, 2007 3:28 am Post subject: |
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| While you might not, in the strictest sense, need it, having a properly configured firewall is essentially free of negative aspects. |
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bunder
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| Posted: Sat Sep 22, 2007 3:31 am Post subject: Re: Do I need a firewall? |
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| TuxeyM wrote: | boxes are connected through my linksys wrt54g router, which has an SPI firewall running.
Do I really need an iptables type firewall? |
I think you should be fine... you have a router with a firewall, which should be sufficient. Unless you're really worried a windows PC on your LAN is going to infect your linux PC...  
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xbmodder
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Just don't do anything stupid, and your fine.
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TuxeyM
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| Posted: Sat Sep 22, 2007 9:46 am Post subject: |
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Thanks alot guys, I even just updated my passwords so they are harder to crack, and turned up some extra security...
Thatnks for the input. |
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