On 10-08-31 05:42 PM, Robert Holtzman wrote: > On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 05:09:55PM -0700, Jim Kielman wrote: >> >> are more then adequate for the average user that is running any >> services. To answer your questions as to why they have to use a >> firewall, they don't, it's just something they did when they ran >> Windows, and they can't believe they can be safe on the internet without >> one. Personally I don't run one at home, and only enable the firewall >> when I'm out with my netbook. > > When I'm not hooked up to the router which has it's own firewall I > routinely see a large number of blocked access attempts, quite a few > from China, listed on Firestarter's events tab. I'll use a firewall if > it's all the same to you. > >
If you are using Firestarter to watch the firewall logs, you're doing it wrong. Firestarter needs to be run as root which is a security risk, it is only meant to be run to set the firewall rules and then shut down. The firewall rules don't disappear once Firestarter is shut down. Personally I don't care where access attempts come from as long as they are blocked. Watching blocked attempts just makes me paranoid, so I don't bother. All blocked access attempts are logged to /var/log/auth.log, you can view the log via the Log File Viewer, if you are really curious. -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
