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Linux security advice
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| zaza230 2002-01-28, 7:19 pm |
| one of our customer have asked me to install him a firewall based on linux and some other security tool like snort and tripwire. I would like to know if there is a good application running on linux which can perform content scanning or security content.
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| onoski 2002-01-29, 10:46 am |
| Firstly, when you mention security content scanning am not too sure what you mean by this. However, if you want to set up securtiy content stuff I suggest you access the terminal screen using root access and type in "setup" from here you can set up the firewall to allow or dis-allow http, telnet etc. I hope this information at least sheds some light in trying to answer your question. | |
| ccieToBe 2002-02-01, 12:11 am |
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Originally posted by zaza230
one of our customer have asked me to install him a firewall based on linux and some other security tool like snort and tripwire. I would like to know if there is a good application running on linux which can perform content scanning or security content.
thanks in advance
If security's a major concern you may want to look into one of the BSDs, particularly OpenBSD. It's a little harder to setup but a lot more secure. I'm not sure what you mean by content scanning either. You can setup various types of firewalls including snort and tripwire's great for intrusion detection. I suggest getting the book "Building Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls". It's a great intro to creating firewalls. |
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