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. -- ** Sent from a 100 % Microsoft-free computer **
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