Re: Request for comments: iptables script for use on laptops.

2006-05-26 Thread George Hein
Thanks for your discussions, I changed my script, I'm sure it is much improved - though not anywhere as tight as Uwe's: #!/bin/sh # /OPT/sbin/ziptables # /etc/init.d/local # echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/all/rp_filter echo 0 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/all/accept_source_route echo 0 > /pr

Re: Request for comments: iptables script for use on laptops.

2006-05-24 Thread Michael Stone
On Tue, May 23, 2006 at 02:10:19PM +0200, marco.celeri wrote: yes, i think this allow incoming spoofed traffic to eth0 (or it is "martian?") but the response must follow what found in routing table -> lo interfaces... am i wong? Yes, but that doesn't necessarily help in the case of a single-pa

Re: Request for comments: iptables script for use on laptops.

2006-05-23 Thread George Hein
iptables -A INPUT -j ACCEPT -s 127.0.0.1 # local host iptables -A OUTPUT -j ACCEPT -d 127.0.0.1 Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think this would also allow incoming traffic from 127.0.0.1 to the eth0 interface. So somebody spoofing his IP address to appear to be 127.0.0.1 could send

Re: Request for comments: iptables script for use on laptops.

2006-05-23 Thread marco.celeri
Hi, > > iptables -A INPUT -j ACCEPT -s 127.0.0.1 # local host > > iptables -A OUTPUT -j ACCEPT -d 127.0.0.1 > > Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think this would also allow incoming > traffic from 127.0.0.1 to the eth0 interface. So somebody spoofing > his IP address to appear to be 127.0.

Re: Request for comments: iptables script for use on laptops.

2006-05-23 Thread marco.celeri
Hi, You have FORWARD policy set to DROP (not by default but by rule) -> you don't need "echo ... /ip_forward" I don't like to log all what it drop, it can make full a partition and it is not good :) bye > Your iptables scares me a bit, do we really have to do all that stuff > like "echo to /

Re: Request for comments: iptables script for use on laptops.

2006-05-23 Thread Uwe Hermann
Hi, On Mon, May 22, 2006 at 07:57:59AM -0400, George Hein wrote: > Your iptables scares me a bit, do we really have to do all that stuff > like "echo to /proc/sys/...". I was a TP professional many years ago > but since the internet I have become a novice, thus running scared. You don't really

Re: Request for comments: iptables script for use on laptops.

2006-05-23 Thread Uwe Hermann
Hi, On Mon, May 22, 2006 at 03:16:04PM -0700, Vineet Kumar wrote: > > echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward > > echo 0 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward > > While I haven't yet gone through the actual content of the script, a > note of style preference: > > Personally, I prefer using sysctl -w in

Re: Request for comments: iptables script for use on laptops.

2006-05-22 Thread Vineet Kumar
* Uwe Hermann ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [060521 11:18]: > echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward > echo 0 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward While I haven't yet gone through the actual content of the script, a note of style preference: Personally, I prefer using sysctl -w instead of echo > /proc/sys. I p

Re: Request for comments: iptables script for use on laptops.

2006-05-22 Thread George Hein
Your iptables scares me a bit, do we really have to do all that stuff like "echo to /proc/sys/...". I was a TP professional many years ago but since the internet I have become a novice, thus running scared. My script is simple, and perhaps too simple for some 6 PC's. I even have FTP/20+21

Request for comments: iptables script for use on laptops.

2006-05-21 Thread Uwe Hermann
Hi everyone, this is crossposted to debian-laptop and debian-security, as I believe it is relevant to both. Today, I have heavily updated my (GPL'd) iptables script which I have been using for quite a while now to secure my laptop (and various workstations). The script is available from http://ww