Hi, im just wondering, how secure does the firewall that comes with red hat 7.3 make your server.

If you put it to the maximum security level when you do an install.

I know nothing about linux webservers as i have always been working with windows 2k advanced servers

Greetings:

iptables or ipchains, when set up properly, can lean to a very secure system.

Please see http://www.linux-sec.net/ though for notes.

Also, I would recommend an IDS (intrusion detection system) to monitor the effectiveness of your security.

Thank you.

Ok thanx

So what Intrusion detection system would you recommend, and where could i get this from. Thanx

Greetings:

Read the site at http://www.linux-sec.net/.

They have several links to IDS systems.

You may also want to look at PortSentry.

I would suggest you look at PMFirewall. It's fairley nice!

Thanks,
Michael B.

Originally posted by ChiChiNetWeb
I would suggest you look at PMFirewall. It's fairley nice!

Thanks,
Michael B.

It's great for setting up IP Masquerade. It does use ipchains though..

I use a combination of the following

Monmatha's IP tables script
snort with aris extractor
tripwire
logcheck

I use the same:

-iptables (and iptables NAT)
-snort (and Demarc - see www.demarc.org)
-tripwire
-logchecker (with customized rulesets)

Works like a champ.

Dan