Collins Richey wrote:
> Now that I've gotten my router set up (simple little Netgear box) and
> severed the umbilical cord to my WinME box, I've gotten more
> interested in security. I've read quite a bit of the SxS stuff, but
> I'm still clueless about how it all fits together.
>
> Here's my setup: ATT @home cable --> router --> linux box (dhcp ip
> address)
> --> WnME
>box (dhcp ip address)
>
> On linux (gentoo_rc6 2.4.x kernel), the only service I have running
> for xinetd is the cups-lpd daemon; absolutely nothing else in the
> xinetd config. I ran a free service port scan which tells me that I
> have 0 ports listening, but 3 ports "filtered", whatever that means.
>
> I run a browser and sylpheed most of the time, so someone must be
> listening on some port(s). What is my exposure really?
>
>
>
That's going to depend on the config of your router. If your router isn't
forwarding any ports to your linux box, then you're secure. If you haven't
messed with the default router config, I doubt that any services you're running
locally are getting to the outside world.
Check your Netgear router's documentation.
Tim
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