[Novalug] IPTables question

[Megan Larko]

DonJr wrote:

Hi Night Owls!
> On Wed, 2008-01-16 at 00:46 -0500, Charles M Howe wrote:
>   
>> List,
>>
>> When I google on howto and iptables I find a Ubuntu howto that starts
>> out talking about a sever configuration. But I don't do server --
>> desktop only. I get everything from PatriotNet (although I could get it
>> from Verizon, I guess.
>>
>> I get lots of spam. How do I get rid of it, other than manually.
>>
>> Charlie, the Perpetual Newbie
>>     

I concur with the previous responses.  Firewalls are not really for spam 
prevention unless you seek to block either all incoming email or from a 
specific IP range.   I have had good luck with spamassassin myself.  If 
you use procmail then you could also write your own .procmailrc 
filtering scheme.

megan
>
> Two different question here:
>
>   Firewalls such as those based on iptables protect against network
> intruders. (ie an unauthorized host/machine accessing you machine.)
>
>   But offer no defence at all against SPAM in any way other then the
> possibility of blocking all incoming mail.
>
> Even though so producers of Microsoft software offer products that try
> to take on both problems.
>
> As for a "firewall" for a Ubuntu based desktop systems I'd highly
> recommend the package Firestarter
>  $  sudo apt-get install firestarter
>
> Then run the configuration program in X and answer a few simple
> questions and read the online help at:
>     <http://www.fs-security.com>
>  {-: And yes the have install packages for other distribution. }
>
> For SPAM filtering well that another can of worms, <GRIN>
>   First there is 'spamassassin' which even has plugins for some mailers.
> Or you can run it through 'procmail', Or even do both.
>
> For more information try Googling on: spam filter
>
>
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