No Problem, glad I could help. You might also want to run the free test
on " http://hackerwhacker.com/ ". It does a more thorough scan of your
machine. I have done mine and it looks like pmfirewall is a great
success! The first time is free and I guess you can sign up for other
services. Anyway, try that one also. Dennis
Barry Premeaux wrote:
>
> Sorry to take so long in getting back to
> you. I finally had time to run the install
> last night
> and it went well. I tested it at grc.com and
> it came out well. A check on ports reminded
> me to comment out telnet. Portsentry is
> next. Again, thank you for the help.
>
> Barry :-)
>
> "Myers, Dennis R NWO" wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > You don't have to do anything but follow
> > the readme. When the install starts it will
> > ask a bunch of questions. Answer no to most
> > of them and allow unlimited access to
> > 127.0.0. When all questions are answered
> > and you tell it to start on ppp0
> > connection, it will automatically modify
> > your IPchains. You will be off and running.
> > No other config required. Dennis
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On
> > Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2000 8:10
> > AM
> > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED];
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Re: [newbie] Security for
> > Single Client
> >
> > Thats great. I've downloaded the .tar and
> > have been going over the readme's and the
> > IPChains HowTo. Do I have to compile the
> > kernel under Mandrake 7.1 to
> >
> > enable IPChains, or can I do it from
> > Drakconfig?
> >
> > Barry :-)
> >
> > On Tue, 12 September 2000, Dennis Myers
> > wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > Barry, In a word yes. I have it on my
> > dial-up machine and it works like
> > > a charm. Dennis
> > >
> > > Barry Premeaux wrote:
> > >
> > > > The majority of the info I have been
> > reading
> > > > on firewalls, and pmfirewall in
> > particular,
> > > > refers to a second machine setting
> > between
> > > > you and the outside world.
> > > >
> > > > What about the typical dial up client?
> > Does
> > > > pmfirewall work here as well?
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Barry :-)
> > >
> > > --
> > > Dennis M. a registered Linux User #180842
> >
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> >
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