RE: [newbie] port monitor sought

2003-03-03 Thread Andrei Raevsky
Hi, Thanks for your answers, but I have to say you've got me confused. Damien says that firestarter will report connection attempts (exactly what I need) whereas Rob says that firestarter is a firewall and does not monitor ports. Since I only use dial-up for my computer and I never use it as a

Re: [newbie] port monitor sought

2003-03-02 Thread Damian Gatabria
Is there something similar to ZoneAlarm available for linux? Or can you reccomend another application? Many thanks, Andrei Have you tried firestarter? It's quite simpler than ZoneAlarm --it only has two tabs, one which reports connection attempts and blocked packets, and the

RE: [newbie] port monitor sought

2003-03-02 Thread Robert Wideman
Have you tried firestarter? It's quite simpler than ZoneAlarm --it only has two tabs, one which reports connection attempts and blocked packets, and the other inside of which you can create rules for your firewall http://firestarter.sf.net Ok, this is what initially got me into

Re: [newbie] port monitor sought

2003-03-02 Thread Damian Gatabria
On Sunday 02 de March 2003 23:55, Robert Wideman wrote: Have you tried firestarter? It's quite simpler than ZoneAlarm --it only has two tabs, one which reports connection attempts and blocked packets, and the other inside of which you can create rules for your firewall

RE: [newbie] port monitor sought

2003-03-02 Thread Robert Wideman
Well, i made my suggestion only because he was asking for a ZoneAlarm-like program. As you may already know, ZA is a software firewall for Win32, it notifies you of blocked connections as they happen, and can be set up with simple rules. To my eyes, iptables + firestarter are pretty much the