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Build and install a standalone firewall

Overview This sample chapter, taken from Linux Firewalls, 3rd Edition, examines the processes involved in developing a standalone firewall using iptables.

Learn how to build a simple, single-system firewall for your Web site that's based on a deny-everything-by-default policy.

This sample chapter, taken from Linux Firewalls, 3rd Edition, discusses how to develop a standalone firewall using iptables. The chapter covers the following topics:

Deny-by-default policy
Commonly used attack vectors
Rules for popular network services
Controlling logging
Firewall installation for sites with a static IP address and for sites with a dynamically assigned IP address

Title: Linux Firewalls, 3rd Edition
ISBN: 0672327716
Published: September 2005
Author: Steve Suehring, Robert Ziegler
Chapter: Chapter 4: Building and Installing a Standalone Firewall
Published by Novell Press

Further White Paper Details
Publisher	TechRepublic	File Format	PDF
Date Published	January 2006	Downloads	81
Format	Downloads
Topics	Firewalls, Network Security

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