From: Neil Bothwick <neil@digimed.co.uk>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: iptables example on Gentoo
Date: Thu, 8 Sep 2005 18:35:03 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20050908183503.45c7e128@hactar.digimed.co.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <loom.20050908T175508-367@post.gmane.org>
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On Thu, 8 Sep 2005 16:19:53 +0000 (UTC), James wrote:
> > By picking up a bunch of rules from some web site somewhere, you run
> > the risk of learning from bad rules (like learning HTML by picking
> > apart web sites). If a well known and well used program like
> > Shorewall generated bad rules, they'd be picked up immediately.
>
> Looking at bad rules, learning why they fail, and watching an attack
> (either generated by myself or others) with an IDS and other tools
> running can be an excellent learning experience.
Only if you know they are bad rules. Bearing in mind that you are
unlikely to find a site that says "here are my iptables rules, aren't
they crap?", how will you know whether you are learning from good or bad
examples?
--
Neil Bothwick
What Aussies lack in Humour they make up for in Beer!
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Thread overview: 41+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-09-06 17:22 [gentoo-user] iptables example on Gentoo James
2005-09-06 17:39 ` Dave Nebinger
2005-09-06 17:53 ` Holly Bostick
2005-09-06 18:25 ` [gentoo-user] " James
2005-09-06 19:04 ` Dave Nebinger
2005-09-06 20:00 ` James
2005-09-06 20:39 ` Dave Nebinger
2005-09-07 0:02 ` gentuxx
2005-09-07 1:20 ` W.Kenworthy
2005-09-07 13:08 ` Dave Nebinger
2005-09-07 17:06 ` James
2005-09-07 18:14 ` Holly Bostick
2005-09-07 19:11 ` James
2005-09-07 19:53 ` Dave Nebinger
2005-09-08 18:14 ` James
2005-09-08 19:30 ` kashani
2005-09-07 20:09 ` Holly Bostick
2005-09-07 18:40 ` gentuxx
2005-09-07 19:29 ` James
2005-09-07 19:56 ` gentuxx
2005-09-07 20:49 ` Dave Nebinger
2005-09-07 18:48 ` Dave Nebinger
2005-09-07 22:08 ` James
2005-09-07 23:51 ` gentuxx
2005-09-08 1:23 ` James
2005-09-08 9:20 ` Neil Bothwick
2005-09-08 17:43 ` James
2005-09-08 16:19 ` James
2005-09-08 16:42 ` Dave Nebinger
2005-09-09 9:44 ` Michael Kintzios
2005-09-09 13:38 ` Dave Nebinger
2005-09-08 17:35 ` Neil Bothwick [this message]
2005-09-09 0:52 ` Jerry McBride
2005-09-07 23:52 ` Rumen Yotov
2005-09-07 18:48 ` James
2005-09-07 19:44 ` [gentoo-user] " Bryan Whitehead
2005-09-08 1:34 ` [gentoo-user] " James
2005-09-08 15:37 ` Rumen Yotov
2005-09-09 11:19 ` [gentoo-user] " Timo Boettcher
2005-09-09 14:23 ` Dave Nebinger
2005-09-10 17:04 ` Timo Boettcher
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