direction

In case you’ve ever wondered how to figure out which type of port your traffic is using (source/destination) for the purposes of setting up iptables (with or without webmin), here’s a little help. The truth of the matter is that it varies depending on the type of traffic, but you typically want to set the […]

forwarding

This is about using webmin to administer a firewall/router on Ubuntu Server 9.10. If you’ve already done everything in Wall, then there are two parts to forwarding any port to a machine behind your router. We are operating under the assumption that eth1 is your external interface, and eth0 is your internal one. First, you […]

wall

Ever wondered how to setup a firewall using Ubuntu Server edition? No? Then you’ll be pretty bored, so I suggest you stop reading now. If you answered yes, keep going. For my purposes, I’ve used the webmin firewall section, mostly to avoid learning iptables, or even something like shorewall. This was written using version 9.10, […]