Um, 'chkconfig iptables off'?  rpm -e msec?

Or, disable firewalling in the control center (it's under security)?



On Sat, Mar 02, 2002 at 10:15:29PM +0000, richard bown alleged:
> Hi all
> I 've had to go back to 8.1.
> Whatever you have done with security is a disaster.
> 
> Telneting in to the public interface, ie the one connected to the
> internet,,impossible
> no matter what, and rules are loaded to iptables, all thats eeen is
> martin errors in the syslog.
> 
> I use xinetd for port redirection to another machine behind the
> firewall.
> 
> this did exactly the same...martian errors, and heres the worst bit
> afetr running for 10 hrs , all attempts to send mail and receive mail
> got connection refused errors,
> smtp, pop3,imap all the same, checked with the isp, 1 hr on the phone.
> not at their end. loaded 8.1 and mail again QED
> 
> I dont know who is responsibe for the mandrake security MSEC and
> whatever, I suspect gated is being used, but nothing showed on a "ps ax"
> 
> Whoever should realise that not every one want a system which can only
> work one way.
> I need to be able to telnet, ssh from anywhere in the world.
> This is absolutely USELESS to me if I can only use it from home.
> 
> Xinetd redirection works well under 8.1, so does bastille-firewall
> the same config scripts were used on 8.2, so again where is the backawrd
> or even in this case forward compatability .
> 
> Ok the 3d side is good, none of the problems with the later kernels
> on 8.1.
> 
> In its currrent state 8.2b3 is a TOY not a working system, and as for
> comments like add to hosts.allow on the remote machine...should'nt
> need to, it was fully functional before 8.2b3
> 
> 
> you guys are so paranoid over security, this time you've gone far too
> far MSEC level 99 is not required.
> I logged into a machine in the States, Seattle, and tried telneting
> to all the ports that are redirected...martian errors
> 
> tried port 22 ssh,,,martian errors
> it did manage to return a ping.
> I also saw tcpdump being turned on and off with ipv4 errors.
> 
> If any one wants something on the networking side tested no problem.
> If the ipip tunnels had'nt functioned, 8.2 would have been off in 1/2
> hr.
> 
> interfaces that are labelled as internal fuctioned, as did lo
> external interfaces would not function.
> Flushing iptables had no effect.
> system in use 
> 700MHzduron , 512M ram 10GB hd, kernels 2.4.17-19mdk & 2.4.18-2mdk..
> 
> In its current state 8.2 could not be released as it cant be used as a
> server..
> shame it looked good on the install, apart from the freeze when trying a
> live update,
> 
> If a table of bug levels I'd put this one on Egyptian level
> 
> BR
> Richard
> 
> 
> 

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