RE: [newbie] Mandrake 9 firewall question
Thank you for everyting! Cheers, Andrei gShield doesn't need an RPM.. It comes as a tarball... unzip the tarball and dump everything in it to /etc/firewall Then edit the one config file.. /etc/firewall/gShield.conf (it tells you exactly what to do in there, most answers are 'OPEN' 'CLOSE' or 'FORWARD') In most cases the defaults are good... The reasons I like it are: 1. Simplicity:.. you don't need to understand any of it to get it working and configure it to your needs. 2. Power:, portforwarding, DMZ's tcpcookies and tons of other stuff. (but you don't need to play with that them you don't need them.) 3. See know evil hear no evil.. once its working, it just works,, no need to mess around and if you need to change something, you just edit a human readable conf file.. its brilliant in its simplicity. 4. There is a GUI configurator available on their site as well, but I've never used it and don't need it. 5. Takes about 2 minutes from unzipping it to have a working firewall. You can get it from : http://muse.linuxmafia.org/gshield.html regards Frank _ Add photos to your messages with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] Mandrake 9 firewall question
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 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] Mandrake 9 firewall question
Hi Frank, Thanks for your posting! Could you be more specific please? Why is this better than Mandrake's firewall? Does it also use iptable or ipchains? and also, where can I get it (preferably in RPM format)? (rpmfind does not have it) Cheers and thanks, Andrei 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 _ STOP MORE SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Mandrake 9 firewall question
On Saturday 14 December 2002 06:25 pm, Andrei Raevsky wrote: Hi Frank, Thanks for your posting! Could you be more specific please? Why is this better than Mandrake's firewall? Does it also use iptable or ipchains? and also, where can I get it (preferably in RPM format)? (rpmfind does not have it) Cheers and thanks, Andrei 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 _ STOP MORE SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail Don't see an RPM format but here is the home page http://muse.linuxmafia.org/gshield.html and it gives download sites with tgz files. Also Tucows has it and sourceforge. HTH -- Dennis M. linux user # 180842 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Mandrake 9 firewall question
You can install the firewall but if you are using ppp to access the net you will have to make a change or two so the the firewall recognises that you are accessing via a modem 1.install the firewall and it will ask some configuration questions check the appropriate boxesfor the services you need. 2.copy all of the files from /usr/share/doc/shorewall-doc-1.3.7c/samples-1.3.7/one-interface to /etc/shorewall 3.edit /etc/shorewall/interfaces file and change 'eth0' at the bottom of the file to 'ppp0' snip #Example 3:You have a simple dial-in system with no ethernet #connections and you want to ignore ping requests. # #netppp0-noping ## #ZONE INTERFACEBROADCASTOPTIONS netppp0-noping #LAST LINE -- ADD YOUR ENTRIES BEFORE THIS ONE -- DO NOT REMOVE snip Works great for me HTH Graham Andrei Raevsky wrote: 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 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
