I suggest you forget the drake firewall stuff... download and install gShield.. you will never look back.. its so easy to configure and once it is, you don't have to touch a thing ever again.. and its totally predictable.
rgds Frank -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Andrei Raevsky Sent: Saturday, 14 December 2002 10:27 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Mandrake 9 firewall question Hi, When I launch my firewall configurator in the Mandrake Control Center, I get the following message: "make sure you have configured your Network/Internet access with drakconnet before going any further" Well, I have not. I installed Mandrake 9 on a laptop with a modem, so I could not configure any connection during the inital installation since my laptop came with a so-called Winmodem. I had to hack it with with a Linmodem RPM to get any internet access at all. Now all works fine. I connect to my ISP with a dial-up (slow: 28) using kppp. At no stage did drakconnect ever get involved. Does this mean that I cannot install the firewall offered by Mandrake 9 or that I need at all costs to use the Mandrake connection utility rather than KDE kppp? From my (very limited) understanding of firewalls all that the Mandrake firewall does is block certain ports (such as telnet or ftp) and if this is so - why this warning message? Who cares how my connection was configured as long as the right ports are closed? Thanks for any help with this! Cheers, Andrei _________________________________________________________________ Help STOP SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail
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