Are you sure that eth0 is the interface you want to protect your machine from?
Well, uhm... I got some problems while working at the office, I can't make an X connection... But that's another problem. And, yes, I'm quite sure this is the device to protect, since this is the interface to the ISP.
If you use pppoe, then your interface is ppp0 (configure "modem" as your personal-firewall reject interface).
And I only have this one device ;-) If you have any suggestions, then spit them out. I would especially be grateful for a hint on how to allow boxes from xxx.xx.xx to connect to my X-server.
Take /sbin/SuSEpersonalfirewall into your editor and insert the line near the bottom: ipchains -p tcp -I $rulchain -s your.network.address.0/24 -d 0/0 6000 -j ACCEPT # and unlock again: chain_lock unlock
I tried a lot, but nothing worked (except turning the firewall off...)
A very much better way to do it is to use ssh with X11-forwarding turned on.
Thanks!
Markus
Roman.
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