[Preston] Tuesday meeting

[Chris Ganderton]

I did say earlier i would make it, maybe not this month :(

I've just started my first morning shift rotation ever, and am a bit too 
tired to be even goin up the short distance m55. Anyone take notes? 
would appreciate a copy if poss, been a while so could do with brushing 
up my netfilter skillz ;)

ttfn.

Guy Heatley wrote:

> Hello,
> As Phil mentioned here earlier, the topic on Tuesday will be
> netfilter, IPtables and associated tools.
> It suddenly dawned on me that perhaps many people might not know what
> these terms actually meant!
>
> Basically we are talking about firewalls that run on Linux machines
> and how to configure one to make your Linux machine secure whilst
> connected to the Internet.
>
> Firewalling is a complex topic. I'll be looking at the subject from a
> small variety of common scenarios and how to use Linux based firewalls
> in these situations. With the help of some handy tools (Shorewall,
> guarddog and others) configuration can be made much easier.
>
> Hope to see you there!
> -- 
> Guy
>
> Stand up for freedom: Switch to GNU/Linux.
> 'Microsoft warned today that the era of ''open computing,''
> the free exchange of digital information that has defined the
> personal computer industry, is ending.'
> New York Times, July 25, 2002
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