[Herefordshire] Connecting to broadband without a firewall? ... plus IPcop network card scrounge

[Malcolm Herbert]

many of our well known Govt institutions use the following benchmark as
a template to lock down their Unix / Linux systems

http://www.cisecurity.org/bench_linux.html

the step-by-step lockdown guide is good, despite being a little obvious
in places, which is useful for any box on broadband or on a corporate
network. 

Malcolm


On Tue, 2005-03-29 at 14:30, Matt Rhys-Roberts wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> Have now got broadband from Demon, a suitable USB modem, and a couple of 
> filters. Great, but...
> 
> Question: is it wise to try a quick test connection to the internet, 
> without a separate firewall betweeen my Mandrake box and the modem? Or 
> will I instantly become a hacking target and infected with horrible 
> diseases??
> 
> Finally, does anyone have any spare PCI network cards (3Com, Davicom 
> etc.) that will definitely work well in an IPcop box? I may have to 
> sacrifice my old 233 to become this. Cash waiting for working goods.
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