Re: ipchains DENY question

2002-12-09 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Richard Hector <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.12.07.0030 +0100]: > I'm not saying it's a bad idea; I'm just saying I don't know how to do > it. Any suggestions? snort. and i'd go as far as to log everything that the firewall drops and then add rules to drop certain packets without logging

Re: ipchains DENY question

2002-12-06 Thread Paul Johnson
On Sat, Dec 07, 2002 at 12:30:34PM +1300, Richard Hector wrote: > I'm not saying it's a bad idea; I'm just saying I don't know how to do > it. Any suggestions? apt-get install ippl logcheck -- .''`. Baloo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' :proud Debian admin and user `. `'` `- Debian - when

Re: ipchains DENY question

2002-12-06 Thread nate
Richard Hector said: > I get stuck in a loop when I try to figure out what to monitor. totally depends on what you WANT to monitor really and how much time you want to spend doing it. My home network I recently revamped everything so it is monitored like a hawk (see http://monitor.aphroland.org b

Re: ipchains DENY question

2002-12-06 Thread nate
martin f krafft said: > also sprach nate <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.12.06.0136 +0100]: >> firewall-and-forget. > > maybe for a private system. this is *not* the way to practice > security. security involves ongoing monitoring. this is the best way if you have limited resources. Why should I care ab

Re: ipchains DENY question

2002-12-06 Thread Richard Hector
On Sat, 2002-12-07 at 10:59, martin f krafft wrote: > also sprach nate <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.12.06.0136 +0100]: > > firewall-and-forget. > > maybe for a private system. this is *not* the way to practice > security. security involves ongoing monitoring. I get stuck in a loop when I try to figu

Re: ipchains DENY question

2002-12-06 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach nate <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.12.06.0136 +0100]: > firewall-and-forget. maybe for a private system. this is *not* the way to practice security. security involves ongoing monitoring. -- .''`. martin f. krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' :proud Debian developer, admin, and user

Re: ipchains DENY question

2002-12-05 Thread Paul Johnson
On Thu, Dec 05, 2002 at 04:36:09PM -0800, nate wrote: > If you try to inquire about every blocked packet on > your firewall, someday you may be spending all your free time doing it. Not to mention making you look like an idiot to your ISP's support staff and make them live in fear of having to sit

Re: ipchains DENY question

2002-12-05 Thread nate
John Conover said: > > Does anyone have any idea what the following in syslog means: > > Dec 5 14:58:01 themachine kernel: Packet log: input DENY ppp0 PROTO=0 > 0.0.0.0:65535 0.0.0.0:65535 L=40 S=0x00 I=55674 F=0x T=64 (#8) > > What's PROTO 0, IP address 0.0.0.0? proto 0 is IP (check /etc

ipchains DENY question

2002-12-05 Thread John Conover
Does anyone have any idea what the following in syslog means: Dec 5 14:58:01 themachine kernel: Packet log: input DENY ppp0 PROTO=0 0.0.0.0:65535 0.0.0.0:65535 L=40 S=0x00 I=55674 F=0x T=64 (#8) What's PROTO 0, IP address 0.0.0.0? Thanks, John BTW, its a ppp dialup c