Mandriva-user Posted October 16, 2002 Report Share Posted October 16, 2002 Hi!! Is it possible to run to two firewall in same time :?: :o Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest anon Posted October 16, 2002 Report Share Posted October 16, 2002 Some firewalls will run OK along side each other. Others will conflict. Why do you think you need two firewalls ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mandriva-user Posted October 16, 2002 Author Report Share Posted October 16, 2002 anon Why do you think you need two firewalls ?? Because one of them doesn`t support then others for protecting your computer. Anyway I have nothing to hide on my computer but the crackers can take my computer under control. So that is the answer so I can protect my computer very well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest anon Posted October 16, 2002 Report Share Posted October 16, 2002 Sorry, i don't really understand your reply. Anyway, Shorewall will run OK alongside Firestarter. But i believe Bastille will not run OK with Firestarter. There are ofcourse others. A popular way to check your firewall is this site : https://grc.com/x/ne.dll?bh0bkyd2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mandriva-user Posted October 20, 2002 Author Report Share Posted October 20, 2002 anon Sorry, i don't really understand your reply. Anyway, Shorewall will run OK alongside Firestarter. But i believe Bastille will not run OK with Firestarter.There are ofcourse others. A popular way to check your firewall is this site :https://grc.com/x/ne.dll?bh0bkyd2 First firewall: Well if you see what is not supporting saying port 1- 2000 and the rest it supporting it. Ok,know Second firewall: Well if you see what is supporting saying port 1-2000 and the rest it will not supporting it. Ok,know I hope you understand me. So you or me will install both firewall if is getting along with out interference. I hope you are not :? know do you understand me:?: :) :D :wink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Counterspy Posted October 20, 2002 Report Share Posted October 20, 2002 The users with the greatest risk of being hijacked are those with high speed internet access turned on 24/7 with a static IP address, although it is remotely possible for others . Some firewalls support a limited range of ports in the low numbers because these are the ones that are the most freqently compromised, so it is silly to put in a second firewall that does the same thing and risk the interference with each other reducing your protection in the process. In any case, because the firewalls for Mandrake Linux can be configured to block what ever ports you want since they are basically graphic front-ends to the basic firewall, iptables. One properly configured firewall will meet your needs. Beyond the issue of firewalls in control of permissions. Look up old docs right here at the top of the page to learn about them. I suggest you spend some time on Google looking up such things as vulnerable ports and then you can decide what you need to block. If you are running a single user machine with the only a network connection to the Internet, your needs will not be what is necessary for multiple networked machines. There are a number of helpful How-To's on your desktop under documentation and there are many sites on the Internet that discuss security and firewall issues in detail. http://www.thlp.org and http://www.linuxsecurity.com. Counterspy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest frew Posted October 21, 2002 Report Share Posted October 21, 2002 btw this thread has a really bad topic, in fact, a lot of the security ones have lately. might wanna work on that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronin Posted October 21, 2002 Report Share Posted October 21, 2002 btw this thread has a really bad topic, in fact, a lot of the security ones have lately. might wanna work on that. You noticed that also? We seem to have gone from "How do I secure..." to "How can I strike back and be as bad as...: Human nature I guess, unfortinuatly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest frew Posted October 21, 2002 Report Share Posted October 21, 2002 btw this thread has a really bad topic, in fact, a lot of the security ones have lately. might wanna work on that. You noticed that also? We seem to have gone from "How do I secure..." to "How can I strike back and be as bad as...: Human nature I guess, unfortinuatly. haha how about posts like, "it broke!" or "help me!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronin Posted October 21, 2002 Report Share Posted October 21, 2002 haha how about posts like, "it broke!" or "help me!" At least those are asking for help on configuring the box and not asking how to attack someone? :? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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