You might want to take a look at portsentry. It will monitor traffic and modify the ipchains/iptables rules, depending on a configurable rule set. It will allow you to detect such things as a port scan, and drop/reject packets from that ip.
ashley thomas wrote: > Hi, > > Is it possible to dynamically configure the rules/policies > of the ipchains/iptables. > > i mean to say, after ipchains have started running is it possible to change > the ruleset by sending some message to some PORT. > Some other Firewalls supports features like this. > > thanks > ashley > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > Experience is directly proportional to the amount of equipment ruined. > --------------------------------------------------------------- > Ashley Thomas, N.C.S.U > > _________________________________________________________________ > Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com > > _______________________________________________ > Redhat-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
