Hi It kewl, Im just greatfull that someone is prepared to look at my ruleset. I basically need and want to be at secure as I possibly can. Give that my management is so tight with the funding. And I appreciate you concern. Kind Regards and thanks again Brent Clark -----Original Message----- From: netfilter-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:netfilter-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Antony Stone Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2004 6:14 PM To: iptables Subject: Re: ruleset On Tuesday 20 July 2004 5:02 pm, Brent Clark wrote: > Hi all and Antony > > Thanks for replying. > In terms of "I know know nothing about security", Sorry - I didn't mean it to sound like that - I was trying to say that your ruleset suggested you were running services on the firewall; running services on the firewall is not good security practice; therefore I simply wondered whether you knew about this maxim. > unfortunately I have a > budget and expenditure to worry about, therefore, I cant really afford to > spend to much on machine etc. Therefore I am forced to run a few services > on the FW. No problem - just so long as you're aware of the risks :) Regards, Antony. -- Never automate fully anything that does not have a manual override capability. Never design anything that cannot work under degraded conditions in emergency. Please reply to the list; please don't CC me.
