[Techtalk] How to block ports / tangent

[Carla Schroder]

On Friday 16 May 2008 3:20:11 pm Cynthia Kiser wrote:
> Quoting Carla Schroder <carla at bratgrrl.com>:
> > And of course I modestly recommend my own Linux Networking Cookbook, which 
has 
> > a fabulous chapter devoted to iptables firewalls. 
> 
> Hmmm after browsing the table of contents, I may just have to treat
> myself to a copy - though your Linux Cookbook looks like more fun to
> me. Perhaps because I have been avoiding learning any networking stuff
> beyond what files to edit to put a machine on an already managed
> network. That said, I think I need to learn how to do some basic
> network troubleshooting. I don't suppose you are planning to include
> stuff like traffic sniffing in an upcoming book, or are you? 

It's in there. A whole mondo Troubleshooting chapter.

> 
> Being a web applications developer, the kind of info I am looking for
> is stuff like:
> 

Good suggestions. I thought Web developers did a mind-meld sort of thing to 
figure out those things. 

;)

I miss the olden days of static HTML and all you had to remember was don't use 
the blink tag. Life was good then!

Carla

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