Re: [tlug] Debian Firewall

[Alain Hoang <hoanga@example.com>]

Hi,

	No not exactly.   It depends on what options you choose for installing
each package.  Did you use tasksel to install a default set of 
packages?  If so
tasksel usually bundles up a pile of packages and dependencies for 
installation
and will prompt you along the way for each package for a set of 
defaults that
it wants.  If you just keep hitting enter the default setting is not 
that bad.
Debian tries to hard to install sensible defaults for any of the 
network services
you might install by default.

	Redhat and Mandrake from what I've seen turn on a bunch of services by
default that I question whether they should be running by default then 
throw on the
packet filtering firewall as a stopgap option which imo is band aid 
security.

	The Debian manual has some tasks for hardening your Debian installation
here as well as finding some packages for installing a firewall with 
some utilities that
make the process easier.
http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/securing-debian-howto/index.en.html

On Dec 24, 2003, at 1:33 PM, Charles Muller wrote:

> I just installed Debian 30r (Woody) on my laptop.
>
> When installing such distros as Mandrake and Red Hat, the
> installation program asks if you want to set up a basic firewall for
> the workstation. This sort of thing does not seem to be part of the
> Debian install process. Should I assume then, that there is presently
> nothing set up in terms of security?
>
> Chuck
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