is there a firewall in this operating system to see if I can monitor inbound and
outbound traffic.
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is there a firewall in this operating system to see if I can monitor inbound and
outbound traffic.
Iptables is included in bt3 but is not enabled by default. If IPtables is a little complex for you there is a excellent GUI front end called guarddog which uses IPtables but is a little more user friendly to set up.
I second that... very easy to configure :cool:Quote:
Originally Posted by pureh@te
Do you recommend using ip-tables or is backtrack "secure by default"?
Nothing is secure by default.Quote:
Originally Posted by Schtekarn
while i completely agree in theory (security is a process, not a product)...Quote:
Originally Posted by Barry
i would like to throw OpenBSD a bone here.... IMHO, if anything was, it would be. that OS has saved my bacon more than once...
;)
http://openbsd.org
~k
Nothing is secure by default as barry said. I wrote a simple IP tables script which on allows ssh if any ones interested in using it I can post it.
Nothing is secure by default, but most people (at home) don't operate directly from a public IP address, either. Most home users are operating behind a NAT router/firewall/etc device which isn't perfect, but is certainly "better".
Yea, post it. If anything, it's one more cool little bit of info here.Quote:
Originally Posted by pureh@te
yes, please. i've written (and am using) similar but i suspect that your finesse of iptables is a bit scarier than mine... i'd love to compareQuote:
Originally Posted by pureh@te
~k