The "Higher" description at install said that it was good for servers. The last thing I expected from a server security level is a ban on pinging your own NIC! I would have guessed that on "Paranoid" but not "Higher."
But you're right, of course. I should have known more about it. Speaking of which, what is the best way to learn about it? Miark civileme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> spoke thusly: > Miark wrote: > > >msec caused me some heartache yesterday, too. I set the > >box up, and then spent four hours with another techie > >trying to get networking to function properly. I could > >ping out, but nothing could ping in, and I couldn't > >ping localhost! Finally, I dropped from "Higher" to > >"High" and the problem disappeared. > > > >Miark > > > > > >Jim Dawson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> spoke thusly: > > > >>msec seems to have been the culprit. I added an exception for the shared folder >and now the permissions seem to be fixed. Thanks to everyone who emailed me on this. > >> > >>>------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >>> > >>>Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > >>>Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > >>> > >>msec is a system that goes around tying up loose ends. You might want > >>to check the cron jobs running msec scripts and see. Usually under the > >>higher security levels it changes permissions on certsain types of files > >>that would otherwise be gateways for intrusion. You may need to > >>customize the script a little to avoid what you want to leave open. > >> > >>Also check root's mail. YOu should have been notified there as this > >>permission was changed. > >> > >>Civileme > >> > > > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > > > And the moral is that security, no matter how arranged, can never > anticipate all the special needs. You need to learn security and how > msec and Bastille work before setting very high security levels or > activating firewalls and make sure you have your exceptions created. > Else, you may have to live with a price. > > Civileme > > > > >
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