[Cialug] Firewall question

Nicolai nicolai-cialug at chocolatine.org
Mon Mar 6 17:24:48 CST 2017


On Mon, Mar 06, 2017 at 04:57:45PM -0600, Tom Sellers wrote:

> Is there a way to look at the existing firewall setup?

Yes.  As root, type:

iptables -L -n

Read the manual page to see what each option does.

To get the best help, copy/paste the output here.

> I am open to a different firewall option that would run on an older piece
> of hardware since most of my hardware is not very up to date.

Just so you know, simple NAT routers and firewalls require minimal
resources.  Just about any old box with 2+ network cards should work.

Nicolai


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