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Securing Your Linux Server with iptables

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jul 20, 2007

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“Everyone in the IT industry is concerned with security,
especially Linux administrators. Many Linux distributions come with
several services that you may not use or ever need, but they’re
running on your server anyways. This can cause many security
threats.

“With the slightest knowledge of Linux firewalls, you can secure
your Linux server very quickly and efficiently. In this article, I
will either introduce you into iptables for your first time, or
help you become more efficient with iptables if you’ve worked with
them in the past…”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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