On Monday 10 December 2001 19:08, you wrote: > OK, time to get serious about this frewall stuff! > > I installed 8.1 with the server defaults. It seems that this has resulted > in some kind of firewall, because when I turned on internet connection > sharing it warned me that a firewall was in place and that I might have to > do some manual tweaking. > > From the traffic on this list it seems that Bastille would be a reasonable > choice and that there are enough interactive tools there to get started > without requiring guru status, so the questions are: > > What did Mandrake install by default? > > How do I find out? > > Do I need to turn that off before confusing things with a Bastille install? > > Is there a standard "OK this is just a home LAN with a ppp dialup, so baton > down the hatches, but don't stop me accessing the web and getting mail" > default that I can start with? > > What questions haven't I asked that are absolutely essential and so bloody > obvious that I should have just known about if only I'd read the manual for > whatever it is I don't know whether I have? ;-) > > thanks as always! > > Brian Brian, LM installs the tinyfirewall by default. This is a very basic install of Bastille so you do not need to uninstall or turn it off. Just bring up a console and su to root, then change directory by typing "cd /sbin" without the quotes and from the prompt. Then again from the prompt type "InteractiveBastille" without the quotes and just as I show it. This will start the Bastille install, you can do it from KDE or single user mode, but I prefer KDE cause it is nicer looking. : ) anyhow, when it asks about packet forwarding you can use that if you have a LAN setup, otherwise I don't believe you need it. When it gets to the file limits question say no, it will screw up your ability to su from a user console. Come back if you have questions. HTH -- Dennis M. registered linux user # 180842
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