On Tuesday 19 November 2002 12:29 pm, Mark Weaver wrote: > Hi List, > > has anyone else noticed the network connectivity in Mandrake 9.0 goes > dead periodically? It's very annoying and it seems to be linked to > Shorewall firewall system. > > Mark It has happened to me recently, but it looked like it was directly related to hack attempts. IFDOWN and IFUP would not restore ETH0 , only reboot would fix it. Sometimes they managed to lock the whole system up. After re-configuring shorewall, none of thier attempts have bothered the machine.
BTW has anyone noticed a dramatic increase in hack attempts in the last 2 to 3 weeks? Port scans show all the ports are stealth, and I have no servers running or installed, but they still manage to find the box. Win98 with norton personal firewall seems to be a little more stealth. Also Shorewall is set to drop instead of reject packets. Jack
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