thinking that this discussion might be of interest to others and not wanting
to abuse Mike Sheldon or Jean Francois...but I am feeling like by installing
linux systems on the internet, I am lobbing up softballs for weak hitters to
hit out of the park.

1 - if I create a chain ruleset

    default policy deny
    accept TCP/UDP port 25, 110, 80
    reject TCP/UDP ports 1:1024

    does this adequately protect all but mail & www from things
    like BIND & FTP exploitation attacks?

2 - does it then make sense to use tcpd to protect the exposed services?

    example

    hosts.deny
    ALL:ALL

    hosts.allow
    ipop3d:localnetwork & specific.hosts.for.internet.access
    httpd:ALL

3 - Any other suggestions?

Craig

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