Are newbies running a firewall?

[Kaj Haulrich]

On Sunday 06 May 2007 21:03:32 Chris Maaskant wrote:
> Kaj Haulrich schreef:
> > As I understand it :  Firestarter is only a front-end to
> > iptables, an easy way to modify it.  When iptables are modified
> > by Firestarter one can quit Firestarter and it's not necessary
> > to have Firestarter running until you make another
> > modification.
>
> I was thinking the same, but it is not the case, as soon as i
> stop the firestarter deamon i'm exposed to the net.
> No ports are open, but they are visible.
>
> So again, how insecure is this?

Strange.... Whether firestarter is running or not I'm completely 
invisible (stealth) according to www.grc.com (Shields Up). I must 
add though, that I'm behind my router's firewall.

Kaj Haulrich.
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