Re: [suse-security] how do I build iptable-protection for scanners like nmap

[Sigfred Håversen <suselist@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Monday 26 May 2003 18:41, Arjen de Korte wrote:
> <..... snip.....>
> You may want to look at the personal-firewall and/or SuSEfirewall2 provided
> in the SuSE distribution before trying to write a set of rules yourself.

Just buying a cheap DSL router, and let it function as some kind of "personal 
firewall", will help many people alot against misconfigurations. As well 
against insecure default installs.

It's worth taking note that SSH is very often activated as part of the 
install, so when you log in for the first time, the SSH deamon is running. 
What if you are randomly hacked just after (during?) install because your 
machine was directly connected to the internet as a result of a new exploit? 

Windows has it's own problems, so to speak.

Cheers,
Sigfred.

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