FIREWALL STUFF

[Jaime Thomas]

Try running Lokkit from the terminal and posting the error it prints out.

Jaime

On 2/21/07, Maurice Murphy <m1625 at rogers.com> wrote:
>
>  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> <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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