I was wondering if firestarter (software firewall) works out of the box or does it need some kind of configuration in order for it to provide protection? Is firestarter even needed with ubuntu?
View 6 RepliesI've recently been running a game server from my desktop, as well as a web page to accompany it.I use the ports 80/8123(HTTP)/5900(VNC)/50500(GAME)/5839(ADMINISTRATION).What's the best solution to protect my server from security threats? On a side note, I plan on adding a MySQL server later, but I want to keep it local only.
View 9 Replies View RelatedI have an Asus 900 laptop that I put Ubuntu 9.10 on.I know it was made by the Chinese, but why are they trying to hack my pc?I currently put FIRESTARTER a linux firewall on board you can go here to get itNow I can see everyone's IP address and find out where they are and who they are!!
View 9 Replies View Relatedim having a bit of a problem with Firestarter, i have Transmission opened and i am downloading a movie but when i check Firestarter i see hundreds and hundreds of Ip's that are blocked, and like 10ip's every second that get blocked.
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I am new to Ubuntu and till now I have chosen it to be my favorite distro. I use my laptop in various networks, home, work, school. When I run firestarter the wizard does not give me the option for wireless INTERNET, only ethernet.
View 2 Replies View RelatedI've been using Firestarter for a while and have used it to set-up inbound and outbound policies (which are probably way too restricitve) but since turning on boot logging the other day I have noted that the boot log contains the message:
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* Starting the Firestarter firewall [fail] I find this somewhat alarming. I have seen post[URL].ht= firestarter (although have not added it the auto startup list and do not wish to have it start without the root password). What I would like to know is as the computer boots up does it set the iptables to their last setting irrespective of whether firestarter starts or does firestarter need to start to set the iptables and therefore my policies?
what files does firestarter change? I would like to know so I can look at the files so I can learn to do the same thing without firestarter.
View 3 Replies View RelatedI am running Ubuntu 10.10 I have an question about the firewall Firestarter, when checking the firewall it told me there are 9 serious incoming connections what must I do with this info. Inbound is normally blocked as standard i have also see that someone with port 1234 and 12345 have trying to attempt mine system but failed all trojan ports are fully blocked.
View 2 Replies View Relatedi just installed Firestarter firewall and it is showing me 12 serious inbounds after an hour.Is it a serious matter ? What should i do ?
View 3 Replies View RelatedI would like to know how to protect networks against VPN attacks? How does big industries do it? What does the government tend to use? Are any tools open source that I may get?
View 1 Replies View RelatedI want to start using videos/music files downloaded from untrusted sources (BT,Sharing Forums, etc.). Haven't made this a habit b4 because of the security risks. I want to take steps to reduce the risk & protect my computer from anything malicious. What are some good choices for this? The biggest step I took so far is using Ubuntu since it's very virus resistant, but other threats do exist out there (rootkits, malicious scripts, etc.). When downloading files from untrusted sources, who knows what may be hidden inside.Some options I'm thinking about:
1) Using a VM (with Ubuntu installed inside) & playing the files inside the VM. If anything malicious happen, it would be trapped inside & I could easily revert to a clean snapshot.
2) Using AppArmor to restrict what the files or program used to play the files can/can't do. AA seems very complicated though.
Are the above overkill? Would it be sufficient enough to just open these files on a non-admin user account since no access to root or sudo?
Running Fedora 10 and 11. Using Firestarter firewall.Does anyone know where Firestarter gets the Events which it displays?I do not find anything in /etc/firestarter/.I suspect Firestarter looks in a log file which Fedora keeps somewhere.
View 2 Replies View RelatedI am running ubuntu 10.10. I recently enabled the firewall and installed Firestarter to configure it. Bad decision apparently. I can't connect to the internet using Firefox unless I first stop the firewall using Firestarter. After I do that, Firefox connects to the internet just fine.
If I uninstall Firestarter, will the ubuntu firewall function as it did originally, before I configured it? Or will it continue to function the way it does right now, which doesn't allow me to connect to the internet?
Just want to stealth ports on my laptop. Had problems with firestarter when I installed in on 10.10. Set Firestater back to defaults and then dumped it with:
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sudo apt-get purge firestarter
Set up Gufw to defaults and now am not sure what I am seeing with iptables.
iptables -L shows .....
Do these settings look correct for default settings for Gufw? or do I still have some problems with the old firestarter settings not being removed. All I want is all ports stealthed. I know that ping is enabled but I believe that is a default setting in ufw. Could I restore iptables to default with:
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sudo iptables -F
and then enable Gufw and set default?
I am facing problem on my Linux server, those runing php sites, most of the time hacker upload file in my website and take the control, and hack the sites, shoot the thousands of mail etc
View 7 Replies View RelatedI want to password protect evolution. How would I do that? I want to allow anyone to access all my other software, but my business email needs to be privateMy current solution seems to be to setup another account. But all the user switching and other what not seems a little much for one program.
View 2 Replies View RelatedI've already read and tested the various guides for pasword portecting the menu items. What I need is a little bit different. I need to protect the whole boot menu so normal users cannot select any entry at all and only let the default entry boot.
View 4 Replies View RelatedI am running Firestarter on Ubuntu 9.10 64 bit. I have noticed several times that after closing all web apps (Firefox, Thunderbird) that some entries remain under the heading "Active connections" on the Firestarter "Status" tab. Often these show no source program. Currently I have 2 showing which show Firefox as the source. These persist after Firefox is shut down. I have verified that no Firfox process is running. And both of the IPs point to google.I have Disconnected eht0 and they still show. I have logged out and back in and they still show. I must reboot the machine to make these entries go away. Which makes me think perhaps this is a bug in Firestarter(?) Is there another way I can identify truly active connections?
View 2 Replies View RelatedThere are far too many 'events' in Firestarter's log. I can't find which file contains the log either by searching my file system or the internet.
View 4 Replies View RelatedI gave a presentation on the Firestarter Firewall interface at my local LUG meeting tonight (another member followed with a presentation on iptables).You can download a copy of the handout from this link.
View 3 Replies View RelatedI got alarm on Firestarter showing attack from samba service on port 139 . Is that ok for my host computer ? or a serious attack .
View 9 Replies View RelatedI am trying to configure Bittorando and iptables using Firestarter. I have got it working but am concerned about security holes.
Let me explain.
AIUI, the Bittornado program contacts the "tracker" on various ports which (from the previously blocked connections in Firestarter) ranged from 4664 to 65532. Therefore, currently I have set this range to be open to allow downloads of the torrent.
However, this seems, IMHO, to devalue to point of having a restrictive exit policy for Firestarter since now virtually all ports are open. I can see nothing on the Bittornado client to restrict the outgoing ports although the "listening" (incoming) ports can be restricted.
I would prefer to have my system locked-down so that the minimal number of ports are open to initiate external connections so is there any way to achieve this with Bittornado?
I create music and usually gets sold world wide. I have some distributors that have been able to access a private server and get the new tunes I make to download via ftp. Well that server is getting full and I was trying to create another directory on my website itself.I created the directory. made the ".htaccess" file. Then I tried to make the htpasswd file but my server just keeps saying no command by that name.
View 8 Replies View RelatedI have just configured Centos 5.5 LocalMailServer with fetchmail and sendmail , Proxy with Squid and FileServer with samba. Now my concern is security.. How can i protect my server with outside attack. Will I need to block some ports or I need special tools or script so no one from outside can attack my machine. My machine is working on intranet with local ip only.. No web server or static ip exists. Machine is connected with ADSL router to access internet.
View 5 Replies View RelatedI am planning a trip for a few days and I will be staying at an inn with Wifi access. All the guests are allowed to use it. A friend of mine has been there, he told me there are several other private spots around the house, i.e. lots of other people using Wifi. My friend told me the inn uses WEP, so who knows how many times their access point has been hacked and accessed without permission...
My concern is that I will be there for a few days with my notebook, I will have to work once in a while, connected to the Internet. Is there some precaution I should take to protect my notebook from intruders? Is it advisable to install a firewall in my notebook (iptables?) or am I just overreacting? Is it possible for one of the guests or neighbors to break into my notebook?
are there any programs that will protect my computer on the Internet. Just started using fed 10 from windows so i am not sure what i need to do. I am using an acer aspire 5630 laptop.
View 1 Replies View RelatedI was wondering how to password protect certain file folders?
View 6 Replies View Relatedim currently trying to configure SE Linux policy for a folder so that only my user with root privileges can access it and not just root but i don't know the commend to run on the folder to change its permissions
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View 1 Replies View RelatedA portscan reveals that port 39878 is 'open', service: 'unknown. I deny service for this port in Firestarter FW 'policy' Firestarter does not show any active connection. I am not running any apps, so how can I close this port?
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