On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 11:13:55PM -0700, Jim Kielman wrote:
..........snip...........> > 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 /var/log/auth.logto be run to set the > firewall rules > and then shut down. The firewall rules don't disappear once > Firestarter is shut down. For a while I ran it as user by editing /etc/sudoers. As soon as I saw what was being blocked I deleted the entry. > > 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. It's interesting. > > 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. -- Bob Holtzman Key ID: 8D549279 "If you think you're getting free lunch, check the price of the beer"
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