On Sunday 14 December 2003 17:09, Derek Jennings wrote:
> On Sunday 14 Dec 2003 5:45 pm, Kaj Haulrich wrote:
> > In my Shorewall GUI everything is unchecked, so I figured all
> > was well. However, a stealth scan at http://sygatetech.com
> > reveals that the following ports are closed, but not stealthed
> > :
> >
> > WEB         80
> > IDENT    113
> > NetBIOS 139
> > SMB        445
> >
> > How can I stealth them ? - Does it matter ?
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> >
> > Kaj Haulrich.
>
> Shorewall is a lot easier to manage through editing the config
> files than the Mandrake GUI
>
> Just edit /etc/shorewall/rules  The text is self explanatory.
> I suspect those ports are configured as 'REJECT'  which will
> cause them to appear as 'closed' in your firewall test.
>
> Configure them as 'DROP' and they should appear 'stealthed'
> After any change restart shorewall with
> shorewall restart
>
> If the ports are not listed at all, then shorewalls behaviour
> will be controlled by the default rules in /etc/shorewall/policy
>
> If everything looks OK, but the test still shows open ports, then
> it is possible that the test has not been able to determine your
> IP address correctly, and you are actually testing one of your
> ISPs servers.

Thanks a lot, Derek. I'll work on it. Am I paranoid ?

Kaj Haulrich.
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