Re: Need advice about breakin attempt

From: Sybren Stuvel (sybrenUSE_at_YOURthirdtower.com.imagination)
Date: 07/01/05 

Date: Fri, 1 Jul 2005 08:47:50 +0200

BlackTopBum enlightened us with:
> I don't use iptables as I prefer something more stable than software
> - an hardware firewall.

And what do you think runs on this hardware? There are even hardware
firewalls that run Linux with iptables...

> And, I can change my kernel without having to go through re-doing of
> iptables and the kernel set up.

Same here. I wrote a proper firewall script that's really easy to
configure with a separate configuration file. As soon as I turn on my
box after installing a new kernel, it kicks in without me having to do
anything at all. What's your problem?

Sybren 

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The problem with the world is stupidity. Not saying there should be a
capital punishment for stupidity, but why don't we just take the
safety labels off of everything and let the problem solve itself? 
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