Some ports like telnet can be closed through the inetd.conf, others you can deny access to through the use of hosts.deny The usage I am not sure of but I am sure there is a howto somewhere. Or you can set your port scanner to automatically lock certain ports from the start. -----Original Message----- From: Patrick [mailto:tracerb@sprintmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2002 9:43 AM To: SuSE List Subject: [SLE] Firewalls, Ports, etc. Hi all, I have just stepped over into some unchartered territory for me at least. Checking network things, using nmap to check ports and getting a firewall started. I am not running a network yet, so that may be a subject to kinda stay off of right now, but in doing the nmap command for my machine, I find I have some open ports that probably should not be! Although I am still on dialup with a dynamic IP address, I would like to shut these ports down just the same. Ports like telenet & printer, should not be open I am told and there may be some others? Is there a way to just close certain ports temporarily or permanently until you need or want them? Some ports should not be open at all, I know, so I need to take these out of the list. I also tried to start the personal firewall to help protect me in the interim, but in booting up, it doesn't seem to be fully activating. It gets to the second phase and exits with a status 1. I can provide info from my boot.log if that will help, but I suspect you gurus here know all those already! ;o) So, I need to close some ports and activate the firewall fully! Thanks in advance for your help. Patrick -- ---KMail 1.3.2--- SuSE Linux v7.3 Pro--- Registered Linux User #225206 Magic Page Products -- Amiga-SuSE-PC Sales & Service URL: http://home.sprintmail.com/~tracerb -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the archives at http://lists.suse.com