[Nottingham] complete beginner

[Dan Mackdermott]

Hi Terry,

You could do worse than look at http://projectfiles.com/firewall/ for a 
decent firewall script.  Installing it 'as is' will keep you protected on 
the internet.  I can't recommend any books but maybe the forums at 
http://projectfiles.com/firewall/forum/ will help you.

If you want help making the firewall 'permanant' on your machine, please 
feel free to let me know.

Cheers,

Dan

On Thu, 3 Apr 2003, Terry Devlin wrote:

> To the experts
> I'm new to Linux and have it safely installed on my system for word 
> processing etc. My problem is using it for the internet. I would love to 
> use it so I can escape the blue wall of death but I struugle with having a 
> firewall installed. On windows I just install Zone Alarm but configuring a 
> firewall on Linux seems to involve having a separate machine or copying a 
> whole load of script into a programme. Am I missing out on something? Can 
> anyone recommend a good linux for idiots book?
> 
> 

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