> --- Simon_Kühling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > 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. > > If you insist. Your making allot of extra work for yourself. > Shorewall already has all of the scripts that you need. All > you need to do is simply modify them. Trust me. Try it, and > you will understand. If you don't like it go back to writing > everything from scratch. > > http://www.shorewall.net
ok, shorewall really seems to be quite popular in here :) so i should give it a try # emerge shorewall ... thanks for help so far! simon -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list