If you are using Linux then this will help you mare than can be discussed here, if your using somthing else you will probably still learn from it (i did)
http://www.linux.org.au/LDP/HOWTO/Firewall-HOWTO.html
use a mirror od the Linux Documentation Project (LDP) this is my closest mirror.
good luck.
Dave
>Marton Sándor Zoltán wrote:
>
>> > For a start, dont allow the server to be scanned by random users in the
>> > first place.
>
>> How could anybody do that ? I'm also interested in this matter.
>
>Start by getting a book on practical TCP/IP security. The topic is way
>to broad to be discussed here. How very much depends on what your
>network layout are wrt security.
>
>> > Bind the http port to an address only reachable by your users, or make
>> > use of packet filtering to filter out what networks are allowed to even
>> > try to talk to the proxy.
>
>> Could You be a little bit more specific ? :-) I really want to learn how
>> to do that.
>
>* Firewalls
>* Dual homed server
>* See http_port directive in Squid.conf.
>
>(sorry. not in a mood doing a described description of how to protect
>TCP/IP servers/networks right now.. plenty of good books and articles on
>that subject if you shop around a little)
>
>--
>Henrik Nordstrom
>Squid hacker
>
>
Received on Sat Jun 03 2000 - 05:39:10 MDT
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