securing a fedora 12 pc on a lan

[mike lan]

On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 6:38 PM, Steve Searle <steve at stevesearle.com> wrote:

> Around 06:32pm on Tuesday, July 27, 2010 (UK time), mike lan scrawled:
>
> >  I've installed a Fedora 12 kde live cd on a local area network, that I
> want
> > to keep safe from hacking
> > ( specially from network admin. !!)
> > Is  a default fedora 12 install  secure enough ?
> > or do i still take some measures to secure the pc  ?
>
> It sounds like you are doing something that is probably contrary to your
> employers IT policy, but if you are concerned then unplug the network
> cable.
>
> > I need also to monitor scans or probes to the pc
>
> Modify the firewall configuration.
>
> Steve
>
> --
>

how do I modify firewall config? I'm not good in iptables

what about ipv6 ?

the fact is I don't like being spied on my desktop ,
 this means there is no fast way to secure a fedora 12 pc  ?
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