Package: firestarter Version: 1.0.3-8 Priority: important Tags: patch Firestarter sets up two scripts in if-down.d and if-up.d which have the same content and restart the firewall whenever an interface is configure or unconfigured.
Since firestarter might be configured (through the wizard) to use a defined external and internal interface, it will emit all kind of errors if the interface that is being configured (up or down) is not relevant for firestarter and the interface that it uses (for example, a dialup connection) is not available. For example, I get the following errors when starting up a Wireless interface when a 3G USB modem is not plugged on (device ppp0), with Firestarter configured to use the ppp0 interface: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- $ sudo ifup eth1=wifi Stopping the Firestarter firewall...ppp0: error fetching interface information: Device not found ppp0: error fetching interface information: Device not found ppp0: error fetching interface information: Device not found . Starting the Firestarter firewall...ppp0: error fetching interface information: Device not found ppp0: error fetching interface information: Device not found ppp0: error fetching interface information: Device not found failed! invoke-rc.d: initscript firestarter, action "restart" failed. run-parts: /etc/network/if-up.d/50firestarter exited with return code 2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The attached alternative script should be used to replace the 50firestarter script currently being used. This script will: - check if the interface that is being operated is not 'lo' - check if firestarter is properly configured with an internal an external interface - check if the interface being restarted is the same as the one configured in firestarter If these checks are OK firestarter will be restarted. The script will just exit otherwise. This prevents the errors above as well as some other errors that might show up when firestarter is not properly configured and an interface is ifuped/ifdowned. Please use this script in the package. Regards Javier
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