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Re: firewall question
- To: Ishai Parasol <ishai-iglu(at-nospam)parasol.org.il>
- Subject: Re: firewall question
- From: Adi Stav <stav(at-nospam)actcom.co.il>
- Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2001 10:03:04 +0300
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- In-Reply-To: <000901c13a91$27917e80$0201a8c0@parasol>; from ishai-iglu@parasol.org.il on Tue, Sep 11, 2001 at 09:12:44AM +0200
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On Tue, Sep 11, 2001 at 09:12:44AM +0200, Ishai Parasol wrote:
> Hi
>
> A basic question about firewall: If I'm running a firewall and a gateway and
> a server (web, mail, etc.) on the same box are the firewall's rules apllying
> only to the other computers in the network or they're also good for the
> firewall's box itself ?
ObWarn: This is not a recommended set up in most sitations.
The answer would depend -- at least in ipchains, you can set up
filtering rules for incoming, forwarded and outgoing packets. You
can set up the rules according to what you need. I suggest reading
the relevant HOWTOs (I find them rather good) for more details.
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