[Gllug] Blueyonder Telewest cable broadband

[Andrew Richardson]

Richenberg, Alan wrote:
> I have bought a new Elinux machine from Evesham with Mandrake 9.1 
> installed. This is for home use on a standalone basis. The man from 
> Telewest is due to come soon to give me cable broadband. I've asked for 
> the network card option (thanks for the advice Xander). As a novice I'd 
> be grateful for advice on what, if anything, I need to do 
> pre-installation (I won't get any help from Telewest man on Linux) and 
> what the best security options are once the connection is up.
> 
> Thanks, Alan
> 
Alan,

I don't know exactly what firewalling tools Mandrake 9.1 comes with but 
as a suggestion you could try the following.

1.  Lock down all the unnecessary ports and generally tighten everything 
up using Bastille.  If it is not included by default it is easy to 
obtain and their website gives good help. It takes you through the 
process of 'hardening' your box step by step.  A little time consuming 
but definitely worthwhile. It only needs doing the once.

2.  Run a software firewall.  I think Mandrake probably comes with one 
of its own.  alternatively you could try 'firestarter'.

If you need to find either of these packages, or indeed any Mandrake rpm 
resources, have a look at www.rpmfind.net

Andrew



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