On 04/05/2010 12:03 AM, Tim wrote: > On Sun, 2010-04-04 at 10:22 -0700, Michael Miles wrote: > >> Is it better to run firewall through fedora 12 or through router or both >> > A firewall at the router can stop things at the boundary, but depending > on how it's implemented, may not stop things between clients within your > LAN. That's probably not an issue at home, but would be at a more > public LAN (school, office, cafe, etc.). > > Stopping unwanted traffic as close to the ISP side of your network as > possible may be desirable. > > >> Not having any problems just curious about protection strength >> > How long is a piece of string? > > Well, when one thing stopping something has actually stopped it, the > second firewall is redundant. But if one hasn't stopped something, the > other may. But complex rules may interact between firewalls, and stop > something you hadn't intended to. > > What's probably a more important question is: Do you know how to > configure good firewall rules? > > I'm not too bad with firewalls but I am used to more detailed firewall software. I just came from the hell they call Win 7 and I was using Bitdefender for the last couple of years. I'm just using the firewall that comes with Fedora 12, is there better firewall software out there. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
