which rules i need to set on my firewall

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ELA
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which rules i need to set on my firewall

Post by ELA » 2017/05/08 06:55:09

hi
i have installed centos 7 with GNOME
what i need to config on firewalld or iptabels to allow only web browsing and updates to the os ?

not sure how to set it up

thanks
ela

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Re: which rules i need to set on my firewall

Post by TrevorH » 2017/05/08 13:32:24

The default settings should allow outbound connections so web browsing and yum update should just work.
The future appears to be RHEL or Debian. I think I'm going Debian.
Info for USB installs on http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/InstallFromUSBkey
CentOS 5 and 6 are deadest, do not use them.
Use the FAQ Luke

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