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    Firewalls

    I think I am going to have to put pfSense at another location I admin and compare. Reading the reviews I have found make other firewalls sound primitive or incomplete unless you have the paid version
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    Firewalls

    I am looking for information on firewalls. I currently use IPFire and love the interface and the ease of use; but, I want to know it is actually a good product before I get too involved. Are there any sites that benchmark open source firewalls? I don't want to become a fan boy before I know it can compete with the more well known names.
  3. Restricting access to a geographical area. I'd the Apache documentation a good place to start or are there other resources I should be looking at.
  4. Thanks for the advise Some good points I didn't think of, like restricting the geographical area that it is available to. Time restrictions is another good consideration, If I am only looking to have local family members use it does it need to be up at 4am. My goal is to keep as few ports open as possible. To start only port 80 till my needs move past that. And now that I think of it, I am a big one server one use person but I don't think I really check to see what else is installed other than what I am using. I have always been big on the updates. my computers get a fresh image of Linux Mint every week after I update, but I guess I will have to get better if I want to do this. good way to start your day though, a cup of coffee and some updates. I am online every morning anyway. Do you have any good suggestions for secure coding blogs? My experience with the subject is only make sure you satirize ALL your input. As for the issue of logs am I best to use something like webmin or is there a better solution that throws them in your face on a regular basis? Also, this is a really beginner question but, does all hardening really mean is to keep things minimalistic and up to date? I have always assumed that it was more rigorous than that.
  5. Digininja, The primary goal of this project is learning if it moves outside of that I have no interest in worrying about keeping it up for anyone outside of family. I am running the server behind a firewall on its DMZ. My service provider does allow hosting and my connection is 4Gb up and 25 down with unlimited usage. I can also bump my upload speed to 10Gb if I want. There is no static IP I spoke to my ISP about that option when I asked about the hosting. My plan is to use an editor till I learn more about PHP (I all ready have an understanding of HTML), then move to Joomla or a similar product after that. My biggest thing is I choose to be paranoid about security because no one is immune and if I am complacent that is when I will run into problems. If keeping software up to date is my biggest worry that is reassuring. Thanks for your help. If there are any other pointers out in the community I am always interested Cheers
  6. Hello, I am looking to host a website on an old computer I installed Ubuntu on in my basement. What I am interested in is what are common security mistakes people self hosting websites make. Cheers
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