I am NEW to SuSE 7.1 and Linux in general, and have since become an avid user (also due to getting my system wacked by someone, which has prompted me to solidify my security) ... :) So alas I am here. In short I can not get my fore wall to start. I am using STATIC IP addresses so the follow up to this thread { [suse-security] SuSEfirewall does not start Stephan Dankers (Thu Apr 05 2001 - 11:48:58 CDT)

Re: [suse-security] SuSEfirewall does not start marsaro@interearth.com (Thu Apr 05 2001 - 14:13:33 CDT) }

has not helped...

below is an excerpt from my bootlog....

Starting Firewall Init........
No interfaces active! exiting ...
SuSEfirewall: clearing rules now ... done
failed
Initializing random number generator done
Setting up network device eth0
done
Setting up network device eth1
done
Setting up routing (using /etc/route.conf) done
Starting Firewall Initialization: (phase 2 of 3)
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Starting inetd done
Starting Firewall Initialization: (phase 3 of 3)
Master Resource Control: runlevel 3 has been reached
Failed services in runlevel 3: SuSEfirewall_init SuSEfirewall_setup
SuSEfirewall_final

Any input as always would be greatly appreciated, and also any security tips on the subject of TRIPWIRE (implementing soon), and an SSH-telnet and FTP client for 2K,NT and ME would be neat :)

Thanks

Aaron