On 8/7/2014 5:01 PM, merc1...@f-m.fm wrote:
> 
> On Thu, Aug 7, 2014, at 16:23, Tom Eastep wrote:

>>
>> To get an immediate indication when a connection is being made, you can
>> install the 'conntrack' package, then run:
>>
>>      conntrack -E -p tcp --dport 13
> 
> The basic problem is I can never predict which port it's going to try
> next.
> 
> Shorewall can only tell me the UID not the PID so I can't track this
> down.  

Shorewall can't tell you the pid because Netfilter doesn't provide a
capability that would allow Shorewall to request the PID in log messages!

> 
> I can't believe that no one's ever thought of these things before.
> 

Shorewall is a firewall configuration tool, not an IDS. If you want an
IDS, install one.

-Tom
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