[opensuse] SuSEFirewall2 default settings in OpenSuSE 11.0 and IDS output.
SuSEFirewall2 is turned on by default on new OpenSuSE installations,however how do I know what are exactly the default settings?Reading the /etc/sysconfig/SuSEfirewall2 file,and running iptables --list command is not very helpful(specially if you are not netfilter knowledgeable).Does it block everything coming from the outside world,and permits all connections that were initiated from inside,or so?Where do I know more? I run an IDS over my Internet traffic and with OpenSuSE (firewall on -default),it shows substantially less notices than in other system(not OpenSuSE) without firewall. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Friday, 2008-12-26 at 14:59 -0800, alexandre suzuki wrote:
SuSEFirewall2 is turned on by default on new OpenSuSE installations,however how do I know what are exactly the default settings?Reading the /etc/sysconfig/SuSEfirewall2 file,and running iptables --list command is not very helpful(specially if you are not netfilter knowledgeable).
I know nothing about netfilter or iptables, but I find the /etc/sysconfig/SuSEfirewall2 file easy to read.
Does it block everything coming from the outside world,and permits all connections that were initiated from inside,or so?
Yep.
Where do I know more?
Use Yast, there is a firewall module. - -- Cheers, Carlos E. R. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAklVeLgACgkQtTMYHG2NR9UOSACfbgTAN7tjgEJn8rAhJpltbAUl GwsAniM06cQYedlD1vO4JF8RaB03gDgv =TRbU -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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