Webhost CentOS 6

[agriz]

Hi,

Can i get a list of firewall to be installed on a centos 6 machine which will be used for web hosting.

(I haven't turned off selinux. Many people asked me to do so.)

Thanks

[oz]

Can i get a list of firewall to be installed on a centos 6 machine

Hello and welcome!

You can find a listing of Linux firewalls here:

Firewalls | Linux App Finder

Some of those should be available to you in your repos.

[agriz]

Thanks, do i need all those firewalls to run a dedicated server?

[oz]

Thanks, do i need all those firewalls to run a dedicated server?

No, it would be redundant and a mistake to install all of the apps/scripts listed there.

[agriz]

Yes, I thought so. I am pretty new to linux. How to get the firewalls which will reduce ==> hackers, virus, thief, etc

( I am still reading the list and trying to make a new list to install )

[atreyu]

I haven't checked out Ozar's list, but why not use the kernel-based firewall that is shipped with CentOS (and RH/Fedora and many others)?

enable it:

chkconfig iptables on

start it:

service iptables start

configure it:

system-config-firewall

and yes, you'll need to do some things to make SELinux play nice, too.

Most other Linux-based firewalls are just wrappers around it anyway (but maybe that is better).