firewall rules help

[iceni60]

i just set up my Ubuntu firewall. could you tell me if you think these rules look OK, i wish they gave the icmp numbers instead of things like pong lol i'm trying to stop inbound icmp 8. does this look secure to you? thanks

[Kerodo]

Well, assuming they're talking about incoming, then it looks alright. You have Ping unchecked, and that's ICMP type 8, so you're not allowing it. Again, I am assuming they mean inbound. Not sure if you can Ping others outbound. But that would be my guess on things too.

[iceni60]

thanks, i just went to Shields Up and with these settings i passed. when i changed ping and pong around i failed, saying i responded to pings. so i think it's correct. thanks for the help :) if anyone sees something i should change can you let me know? thanks.

thanks, CrazyM for editing the picture, i had alook in Gimp but didn't know what to do.

[CrazyM]

So it does not allow configuration for separate inbound and outbound ICMP rules?

Regards,

CrazyM

[iceni60]

-{ Quote: "So it does not allow configuration for separate inbound and outbound ICMP rules?

Regards,

CrazyM" }-
only for ping and pong lol by the look of things. i was thinking of getting something else as this is a frontend for iptables, but i find it difficult to in/uninstall programs so i'll leave it for abit.

[Hyperion]

I ve only small experience with Linux,but Firestarter is the best GUI for Iptables i found.Tried Guarddog too,but didn't like it much.So,unless you can configure Iptables directly,i think you should stick to Firestarter.It's easy and works.

[iceni60]

-{ Quote: "I ve only small experience with Linux,but Firestarter is the best GUI for Iptables i found.Tried Guarddog too,but didn't like it much.So,unless you can configure Iptables directly,i think you should stick to Firestarter.It's easy and works." }-
i'd like a frontend. i just found this - Gtk-IPTables it looks perfect.
http://gtk-iptables.sourceforge.net/screenshots.html
http://gtk-iptables.sourceforge.net/