FIREWALL STUFF

[Maurice Murphy]

Alfred,

Many thanks!  Router password changed.

Maurice

Alfred wrote:
> Hi:
>
> If you are behind a Router, make sure that you use a password other than
> the Default Password, because then you are in Grave Danger!
>
> Yahoo had some articles in the Tech section of the news yesterday,
> stating that there is a new way that machines can be hacked, especially
> when they are on a Router, and using the default password!
>
> Alfred!
>
> On Wed, 2007-21-02 at 20:22 -0500, Maurice Murphy wrote:
>   
>> Many thanks, Jean-François. I have added a comment to an existing bug 
>> report against Firestarter.
>>
>> I have also tried gksudo instead of sudo. Unfortunately, all I get is 
>> the first Gnome-Lokkit screen. As soon as I click the next button, the 
>> screen disappears and nothing else happens. I will do some more research 
>> to see if anyone else has this problem.
>>
>> Please note that your namesake thinks that, without a firewall, I'm 
>> exposing my machines to grave danger. I'm behind a router. Perhaps that 
>> will help protect me?
>>
>> Thanks again to both J-Fs. Maurice
>>
>> Jean-François Gagnon Laporte wrote:
>>     
>>> On 2/21/07, Maurice Murphy <m1625 at rogers.com> wrote:
>>>   
>>>       
>>>> I first of all tried Firestarter that comes installed with the Edgy
>>>> package.  Unfortunately it seems to have some sort of a bug.  It also
>>>> gums up my home network.
>>>>     
>>>>         
>>> You might want to search on Malone to see if you are not alone in this
>>> if not it would be helpful if you could submit a bug report.
>>>
>>>   
>>>       
>> See here for more : https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs
>>     
>>>   
>>>       
>>>> So I removed Firestarter using Synaptic and
>>>> loaded Gnome-Lokkit.  My question is, how do I set this up?  I see no
>>>> menu item.  When I try running it via alt-F2 (sudo gnome-lokkit) run, I
>>>> sometimes get what looks like a gnome-lokkit screen.  If I click the
>>>> Next button, the screen disappears and nothing else happens.
>>>> Suggestions anyone please?  Many thanks, Maurice
>>>>     
>>>>         
>>> You might want to look at
>>> http://security.linux.com/article.pl?sid=06/06/26/1556259&tid=13&tid=35
>>>
>>> Moreover, when you want to run a gnome GUI app with elevated
>>> privileges it is better to use "gksudo" instead of sudo. For an
>>> explanation why see http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/graphicalsudo
>>>
>>>   
>>>       
>>>> PS Perhaps I don't even need a firewall?
>>>>
>>>>     
>>>>         
>>> On my workstations, I personnaly don't but I audit my computers to see
>>> which port is open and why. AFAIK, Ubuntu as a long standing policy of
>>> a "no port opens by default" so you should be safe nevertheless.
>>>
>>> Hopes this helps,
>>>
>>> JF
>>>
>>>   
>>>       
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>>>>         
>>>   
>>>       
>
>
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