[NBLUG/talk] Advice on iptables ...

[augie]

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Mark Linford wrote:
> During this winter break, a project I'd like to work on is attaching
> a wireless router to my home network. However, for security reasons,
> I'd like to limit the access I allow through the wireless router.
> Since I already have a linux box with two network interfaces, it
> seems the best choice would be to connect my w/r to the unused port
> on my linux box, and use iptables to limit access to the rest of my
> network (say, allow a few services such as SSH, www and imap access,
> but deny everything else).

I'm confused. Do you want to build your own wireless router, or are you
just looking to do these things with a wireless router that you already
have?

A wireless router (or any router) should be able to do all the things
you mentioned.

augie.


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