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Firewalls in Linux: Principles and Implementation

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Overview This paper is meant to provide techniques in building and installing a standalone packet filtering firewall in Linux machines, mainly for small sites who don't give much service to Internet users. It deals with attenuating the effect of the most common types of attacks using ipchains. It guides how to design, implement, debug, and maintain Firewall. Techniques for continuously monitoring attacks are attempted. It also gives a historical, architectural and technical overview of firewalls and security attacks.

Further White Paper Details
Publisher	University of California	File Format	PDF
Date Published	February 2001
Format	White Papers
Topics	Firewalls, Network Security, Security Tools

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