[Novalug] Firewall question (newbie)
John Christopher
john_christopher1997@yahoo.com
Thu Oct 18 13:06:36 EDT 2007
Thanks for your reply.
I have Verizon DSL, connected to a WesTell WireSpeed, then
to a Linksys WRT54GS, then to my Linux box via ethernet cable.
--- Mike Shade <mshade@mshade.org> wrote:
> Hi John,
>
> Are you behind a router or is your computer first in line from the
> DSL/Cable modem?
>
> If you're behind a router, only your local net can access it without
> port forwarding from the router.
>
> -- Mike
>
> John Christopher wrote:
> > I am using Ubuntu 7.04, and am stumbling my way thru
> > basic networking.
> >
> > I am using this machine for normal everyday web surfing,
> > and also to learn LAMP (Linux, Apache, PHP, MySQL).
> > I DO NOT want the world to be able to see or use Apache
> > or MySQL (or any other service I may have running).
> > Only localhost should be able to use these services.
> > Is iptables already configured to block outsiders
> > from using these services, or do I need to change
> > a config file somewhere?
> >
> > Thanks for your help.
> >
> >
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