firewall rules help

Discussion in 'other firewalls' started by iceni60, Nov 25, 2005.

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  1. iceni60

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    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
     

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  2. Kerodo

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    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.
     
  3. iceni60

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    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.
     
  4. CrazyM

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

    Regards,

    CrazyM
     
  5. iceni60

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    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.
     
  6. Hyperion

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    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.
     
  7. iceni60

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    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/
     
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