Firewalling

[Tony Zafiropoulos]

Welcome to my nighmare :)....

Off the top of my head:

http://lwn.net/2001/1011/security.php3

and your distro's security section is always good...

Then try and think like a hacker....  type hacking, cracker, script
kiddies in google and see what happens...

I would scan your system with nmap  http://www.nmap.org/

Books??

Plenty of books, I like 

Hacking Exposed:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0072127481/qid=1003253043/sr=5-1/ref=lm_lb_7/102-1123277-2221
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Tony

On Tue, 16 Oct 2001, Franklin, Joel wrote:

> I've been handed a couple of bricks and been tossed, fully clothed, into the
> deep end. Our firewall needs to be analyzed and overhauled and I've been
> volunteered. Can anyone recommend a good book or online intro to
> firewalling? I'm not looking for specific rule sets (although these can be
> helpful) so much as I'm looking for general guidelines. This will strictly
> be for security purposes; we're not looking to limit employee access to
> anything or anywhere. 
> 
> 
> Joel Franklin
> Network Analyst
> 
> 
> 

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