this is the point at which one takes a look at the ipchains howto to get a
better understanding of how ipchains work. after setting up PMfirewall
initially it would take you about five minutes to close any/all the ports
you want where udp packets are being recieved. this, of course, requires a
Side note here on PMFIREWALL
I installed it day before yesterday, ran the script. Was very easy -
mostly
I accepted defaults. Then I ran a scan on my system. Much to my
surprise,
I was wide open on ALL my udp ports... Reran the setup looking for
what may
They may not be open. If you
I think we sort of agree, what I am really saying I suppose is that Guarddog
is a good place to start for a newbie, it gives a reasonable degree of
security without the need for understanding of ipchains. As ShieldsUp is
aimed at Windows users (I believe) and it couldn't find me when I hid
Side note here on PMFIREWALL
I installed it day before yesterday, ran the script. Was very easy - mostly
I accepted defaults. Then I ran a scan on my system. Much to my surprise,
I was wide open on ALL my udp ports... Reran the setup looking for what may
have caused this terrible error,
On Tuesday 28 November 2000 11:22 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I realise that there are more secure firewalls available but Guarddog
is so easy to set up for a newbie,with it's point and click panels
it's straightforward to select/de-select options and go back in to
change if you get it
On Tuesday 28 November 2000 11:22, you wrote:
I realise that there are more secure firewalls available but Guarddog
is so easy to set up for a newbie,with it's point and click panels
it's straightforward to select/de-select options and go back in to
change if you get it wrong, and requires
Eddie,
I would very much like to have that URL - I've heard about it before, but no
one seems to know where it was...
-JD-
-Original Message-
From: Eddie Torres [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, November 28, 2000 12:45 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [newbie] Virus
On Tuesday 28 November 2000 04:33 pm, you wrote:
Eddie,
I would very much like to have that URL - I've heard about it before, but
no one seems to know where it was...
-JD-
I think this is the link everyone is looking for.
http://linux-firewall-tools.com/linux/firewall/index.html
--
The
Well, I far as I know, there is only 1 virus for Linux, which is actually a
Trojan Horse. Plus, This Trojan Horse only affects the kernels below 2.2.15
As for fiewalls, I don't have a clue, but I would be very surprised if you
couldn't get one.
8)
For a newbie, I like Guarddog firewall, free and downloadable
it's available for MD 7.0. 7.1 7.2
http://www.simonzone.com/software/guarddog/
On Monday 27 November 2000 16:48, you wrote:
Hi All,
Thanks for your answer regarding my internet connection, and I got the
solution for it.
Frankly
On Mon, 27 Nov 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Well, I far as I know, there is only 1 virus for Linux, which is actually a
Trojan Horse. Plus, This Trojan Horse only affects the kernels below 2.2.15
As for fiewalls, I don't have a clue, but I would be very surprised if you
couldn't get one.
On
Not sure about Viruses, but if you are interested in Linux Security then
check out
http://mirrors.hotdog.org/LDP/HOWTO/IPCHAINS-HOWTO.html
http://tickle.unco.edu/cs442/weitzel/execute.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/docs/tips/firewall/firewallservice.html
On Monday 27 November 2000 12:53 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
For a newbie, I like Guarddog firewall, free and downloadable
it's available for MD 7.0. 7.1 7.2
http://www.simonzone.com/software/guarddog/
It doesn't close/filter ports as well as PMfirewall does.
Looks nice, but it's less
On Mon, 27 Nov 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Well, I far as I know, there is only 1 virus for Linux, which is actually a
Trojan Horse. Plus, This Trojan Horse only affects the kernels below 2.2.15
As for fiewalls, I don't have a clue, but I would be very surprised if you
couldn't get one.
On Mon, 27 Nov 2000, you wrote:
On Mon, 27 Nov 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Well, I far as I know, there is only 1 virus for Linux, which is actually
a Trojan Horse. Plus, This Trojan Horse only affects the kernels below
2.2.15 As for fiewalls, I don't have a clue, but I would be very
On Mon, 27 Nov 2000, patrick wrote:
On Mon, 27 Nov 2000, you wrote:
On Mon, 27 Nov 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
nip
The best firewall (or, in other words, the one that I use ;-)) is
IPchains. You can use another nice program called PMFirewall to configure
it.
and i
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