I am new to Linux Dedicated server hosting and plesk panel 11 and i would like to know about inbuilt plesk 11 firewall security features and how harden it is?
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DOS attacks no, firewalls aren't designed to stop DOS attacks - *DOS mitigation devices are*. Its a firewall, it closes ports - it doesn't add security. – Ben Lessani Sep 30 '12 at 14:16
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4goddamit, it's a sunday. There's no need to post two questions less than 30 minutes apart. – tombull89 Sep 30 '12 at 14:19
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@tombull89 Serverfault dosen't have restrictions on posting posts on sunday – Sam Sep 30 '12 at 14:28
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@Sampath, no it doesn't. It *does* have rules against double posting questions, probably caused by the fact it's a sunday and there's not as many people on, meaning you didn't get an answer and meaning you posted it twice. – tombull89 Sep 30 '12 at 16:45
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@tombull89 yes you are right, i respect your thoughts,but one question refers how much plesk 11 firewall is harden , another question refers do plesk have inbuilt firewall for linux , both have different view angles for an newbie like me – Sam Sep 30 '12 at 17:42
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To be a bit pedantic, it's no stronger than your configuration and the underlying application and kernel.
Plesk is not, in and of itself, a firewall any more than it's an operating system. It's a web front-end for the base OS's tools and applications.
NetFilter/IPTables is an excellent network filtering tool. You should also spend some working with the command line and figure out how Linux works.
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