gshield and shorewall can build you a firewall.. I prefer gshield myself.
> > I wonder if your firewall is blocking ping scans. Disable the > > firewall and see > > if you can ping google. > > well, you are right - disabling the firewall makes ping work again. > maybe it is easier to build my own script from scratch > instead of using > the one from gentoo-security-guide. > > > In my firewall, I do: > > > > # Block ping scans > > iptables -A INPUT -p icmp --icmp-type echo-request -j DROP > > # ... but not coming from our LAN > > iptables -A FORWARD -p icmp --icmp-type echo-reply -j DROP > > iptables -A OUTPUT -p icmp --icmp-type echo-reply -j DROP > > -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
