Firewall

[CopperStuff]

OK. After breaking everything and reinstalling a coupla times I did what Andy suggested. Fixed that port then another shows up. I guess screw it. Chasing ports is not my idea of running an os.  From all my reading it does seem that by default Linux is more secure than, well, that other os, so I'll just content myself with this latest release of PCLinuxOS and see what I can learn to maybe get away from that other os.

Thanx for the replies.

[YouCanToo]

You can stealth it by adding

DROP net fw tcp 93

to the bottom of /etc/shorewall/rules, just above "#LAST LINE -- ADD YOUR ENTRIES BEFORE THIS ONE -- DO NOT REMOVE"

Then either
Reboot or start the PCC, click on System -> Enable or disable system services; find the Shorewall service, click Stop and when it stops click Start.

No need for rebooting, just restart the service itself.

Open a console window as the root user and use the following command

service iptables restart.

That rebooting stuff is oh so Windows like .........

[YouCanToo]

OK. After breaking everything and reinstalling a coupla times I did what Andy suggested. Fixed that port then another shows up. I guess screw it. Chasing ports is not my idea of running an os.  From all my reading it does seem that by default Linux is more secure than, well, that other os, so I'll just content myself with this latest release of PCLinuxOS and see what I can learn to maybe get away from that other os.

Thanx for the replies.

FWIW if the port is closed you are protected. Stealth just means that any request  to that port is being dropped and no reply is being returned. It is like hiding, where when a port is closed the other side knows there is a computer there but that post is closed.  Just be careful which ports that you close.

[7272andy]

You can stealth it by adding

DROP net fw tcp 93

to the bottom of /etc/shorewall/rules, just above "#LAST LINE -- ADD YOUR ENTRIES BEFORE THIS ONE -- DO NOT REMOVE"

Then either
Reboot or start the PCC, click on System -> Enable or disable system services; find the Shorewall service, click Stop and when it stops click Start.

No need for rebooting, just restart the service itself.

Open a console window as the root user and use the following command

service iptables restart.

That rebooting stuff is oh so Windows like .........

Picky picky YCT

I did say Reboot OR Restart the service

FWIW if the port is closed you are protected. Stealth just means that any request  to that port is being dropped and no reply is being returned. It is like hiding, where when a port is closed the other side knows there is a computer there but that post is closed.  Just be careful which ports that you close.

Good advice