Re: firewall

>     My question would be, how many times a day does someone try to
>     break into your system ?

>     If you don't know the answer then maybe you should be running a
>     firewall.

>     It really depends on whether your network is secure or not,
>     usually what secures your network is a firewall. If that's the one
>     on your router then that should be enough.

>     Looking in your log files for strange IP's and failed password
>     attempts will let you know if people are trying to get in, if
>     you're running a web server look in the error logs for attempts to
>     access non existing files, usually a bunch from the same IP.

>     Windows may have more vulnerabilities, but they will still try to
>     break into Linux systems.

>     Search and read about fail2ban, that's one tool to use when you
>     need to have a service open to the internet.

>     Hope this helps

>     On Aug 26, 2014 8:15 PM, "Michael Havens" <bmike1@gmail.com
>     <mailto:bmike1@gmail.com>> wrote:

>         I hear people say, "Even Linux users need a firewall."
>         My question is..... why? I've runlinux since '98 w/o a
>         firewall (aside from the one sent with my modem/router). Isn't
>         that good enough?
>         :-)~MIKE~(-:

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