Re: [newbie] General firewall getting started type questions
On Tuesday 11 December 2001 12:22 pm, you wrote: On Monday 10 December 2001 20:15, you wrote: 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 Hmmm. InteractiveBastille results in this output: [root@server sbin]# InteractiveBastille Using Tk user interface module. Only displaying questions relevant to the current configuration. Can't locate Bastille_Tk.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /usr/lib /usr/lib/pe rl5/5.6.1/i386-linux /usr/lib/perl5/5.6.1 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.1 /i386-linux /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.1 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl /usr /lib/perl5/site_perl/ /usr/lib/Bastille) at /usr/sbin/InteractiveBastill e line 276. [root@server sbin]# I don't think that's what you had in mind. thanks Brian Ok, that's cause you don't have Bastille-Tk-module installed. Pick it up off of your software manager and then try it again. Should go like clock work. Well, after having shot myself in the foot by failing to list eth0 as a trusted interface and thereby denying myself access to my usually keyboardless, mouseless, screenless server, and then having attached a keyboard etc and reversed this, I am Bastilled. Thanks muchly to all who responded. (including Frank - yes I'll check out gShield too). /Brian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] General firewall getting started type questions
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 Parish Click Now Consulting +61 414 325 521 This e-mail was produced in a Microsoft free environment and can be expected to be free of viruses. Even so, please be cautious in dealing with attachments. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] General firewall getting started type questions
On Tuesday 11 December 2001 00:08, Brian Parish 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 Well there are plenty of Firewalls you could have installed. Tiny Firewall BastilleChooser InteractiveBastille They all basically do the same thing. Set up IPTables There was a nice article on www.mandrakeforum.org today on the subject. It tells you where the firewall config files are, and how to edit them by hand if you want to. FWIW the Tiny Firewall will do a simple home user just fine. A good place to test it is here. http://scan.sygatetech.com/ HTH Derek Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] General firewall getting started type questions
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 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] General firewall getting started type questions
if I were you, I'd download gShield (do a google search) its really easy, there is only one file to download, and it asks questions that require one word answers.. and it can do anything you want, port forwarding and such.. its the closest I have found to pmfirewall on my long search for a decent iptables firewall. if however you wish to use the mandrake provided firewalls,you can use the mandrake control center and it will install the packages for you.. do you have a bastille directory in /etc??? rgds Frank -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Brian Parish Sent: Tuesday, 11 December 2001 8:08 AM To: newbie Subject: [newbie] General firewall getting started type questions 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 Parish Click Now Consulting +61 414 325 521 This e-mail was produced in a Microsoft free environment and can be expected to be free of viruses. Even so, please be cautious in dealing with attachments. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
