Great stuff Togan! This is new isn't it? This will help many, i'm sure. I noticed that you, like me, were a bit irritated when people asked on this list how to configure SuSEfirewall and got the answer to use something like Shorewall or Smoothwall or whatever. This will teach'em ;-) cheers, Marcel Togan Muftuoglu wrote:

* Linux Mail; on 16 Jan, 2003 wrote:

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How can I configure SuSE firewall 2? (From YAST and otherwise). I want to block port 80 (initially) as I am not running a webserver. TIA Leo

Get the Unofficial SuSEfirewall2 manual

http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=42064&release_i- d=127876

On Sat, 2003-01-18 at 02:37, Linux Mail wrote:

How can I configure personal firewall? (From YAST and otherwise). I want to block port 80 (initially) as I am not running a webserver.

1. Personal firewall will block everything, you don't have to configure it, just start it. 2. If you're not running a web server there's really no need to "block" port 80. If there isn't a program listening to the port, the greatest cracker in the world couldn't get in. -- Anders Johansson

I would just open the /etc/inetd.conf file and block all those ports where I do not want entry, at least that is what I do. Linux Mail wrote:

Thanks Leo

Anders Johansson wrote:

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On Sat, 2003-01-18 at 02:37, Linux Mail wrote:

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How can I configure personal firewall? (From YAST and otherwise). I want to block port 80 (initially) as I am not running a webserver.

1. Personal firewall will block everything, you don't have to configure it, just start it.

2. If you're not running a web server there's really no need to "block" port 80. If there isn't a program listening to the port, the greatest cracker in the world couldn't get in.