[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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