Re: [gNewSense-users] [OT] iptables HOWTO

[Sam Geeraerts]

Stayvoid wrote:
> Could you suggest me a good (and short) how to on iptables?
> These docs [1] are nice, but I have no time to read them.
> That's why I used this [2] guide.
> Could you comment on the second link? (I understand that there is no
> such thing as a magic bullet.)
>
> [1] http://www.netfilter.org/documentation/index.html#documentation-howto
> [2] http://wiki.debian.org/iptables

What do you want to use it for? If you just need to block all incoming 
traffic, except for a few services, then the Debian example is a good start.