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IPTABLES Firewall rules for blocking DOS attacks

We blogged about ipt_pkd in our previous posts here.
So, “ipt_pkd is an iptables extension implementing port knock detection. This project provides 3 parts: the kernel module ipt_pkd, the iptables user space module libipt_pkd.so, and a user space client knock program. For the knock packet, it uses a UDP packet sent to a random port that [...]

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If you have read our last few posts, you already what a port knock is. We had mentioned about it here when we wrote about winKnocks. Today, we are going to blog about ipt_pkd.
Port knocking per se can be very dangerous if you were to try it on your own firewall without any authentication mechanism. [...]

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Guys, I was at a friends home and he wanted to know about a few basic rules that will help him secure his Linux installation. I thought why not share it with all of you. So, here it is. These are very baisc rules. If you would like to add some, please leave a comment [...]

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