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On 10/23/01 at 11:46 AM Rodney Clowdus wrote:

>I went to www.google.com and look up "shields up"  I found many sites that
>deal with shields up and firewall info in general.
>
>The Weaving Beaver
>rclowdus at kcnet.com
>"Chop your own firewood and it will warm you twice."
>"Weave your own cloth and it will reward you twice."
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>On Tue, 23 Oct 2001, William Hubbs wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> What is the URL for this web site?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> William
>>
>> On Tue, Oct 23, 2001 at 12:24:30AM -0500, Rodney Clowdus wrote:
>> > I went to the shields up web site and it's very educational.  Thanks
>for
>> > the info.  It seems from what I'm learning that it's easier to secure
a
>> > linux box than a windows box.  Well, it looks like I have another
>subject
>> > to learn about... ipchains.
>> >
>> > The Weaving Beaver
>> > rclowdus at kcnet.com
>> > "Chop your own firewood and it will warm you twice."
>> > "Weave your own cloth and it will reward you twice."
>> >
>> > On Mon, 22 Oct 2001, Kirk Wood wrote:
>> >
>> > > I don't really know if a hardware solution is better then the
>firewall you
>> > > activated. Certainly at some point all firewalls have software.
>> > >
>> > > It is quite possible to have a robust firwall with just linux. In
>fact,
>> > > you can create one with ipchains. Just the same, you can create an
>> > > insecure firewall with software. You can go to the shields up web
>site and
>> > > they will give you a basic idea of what you have available to scipt
>> > > kiddies.
>> > >
>> > > =======
>> > > Kirk Wood
>> > > Cpt.Kirk at 1tree.net
>> > >
>> > > "When I take action, I'm not going to fire a $2 million missle at
>> > > a $10 empty tent and hit a camel in the butt. It's going to be
>decisive."
>> > > 	- President George Bush
>> > >
>> > >
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