On Friday 10 March 2006 08:25 am, Shriramana Sharma wrote:
I wonder how SUSE Firewall works.
Back in Windows, with ZoneAlarm, when I first install it, it asks me for permission and preconfigures my default browser and mail client to access the net. After that, every new application that tries to access the net or every incoming connection from the net, it asks me for permission.
Don't forget how it then goes about mucking up the rest of your already messed up registry and never gets truly uninstalled, even when you install a good software firewall like Outpost. Unfortunately, my Cisco client for Windows comes with a ZA component.
But SUSE Firewall never asks me anything.
How do I know which applications it forbids and which it allows? How does it know which applications to forbid and which to allow?
Yast > Security and Users > Firewall. There's a ton of fun configuration details there. I currently have my firewall off but if you have it enabled it defaults to things like turning off ports you probably don't need.
I would much prefer a ZoneAlarm-like firewall that tells me what it is doing.
No, you don't. It just sucks up resources. Next thing you know, it's going to be saying, "Dave...that's not a good idea. What are you doing, Dave?"
Please share your knowledge with me. Thank you.
Check out the user manual, chapter 23 either in your dead tree version or online. There's also a program, called AppArmor, which does.... ...um.... ...well.... ....actually I have no clue what it does and can't find anything on it, but I'm sure it does something good. -- kai - www.perfectreign.com www.livebeans.com - the new NetBeans community 43...for those who require slightly more than the answer to life, the universe and everything.