Firewalls, how do they Work?

Eve1
11 years ago

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Ive been wondering, ik that firewalls is basically like a “wall” standing between the internet and your computer, but can you design your own firewall, and how many can you create for one computer?

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[deleted user]
11 years ago

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Hi Eve1 You were asking about firewalls. Have a look here and you might be interested. :)
FIREWALL USING AN OLD PC

jayssj11
11 years ago

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it is like a semi permeable membrane that only allow selected networks to pass through it

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*********** [ADIGA]
11 years ago

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The basic idea of how a firewall work is a device/service that listens for incoming and outgoing connections, Depending on some rules set automatically or manually in its config, it will drop/reject/allow connections based on user/ip (from or to)/mac/keywords/port ….

ipcop is one of the best distros you can use as internet gateway/firewall, but basically any OS or distro can be used if you know your way around it.

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