[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu torrent tracker failed?

[alan c]

Alan Pope wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 12, 2007 at 07:33:38PM +0100, alan c wrote:
>> I obviously need help to understand what settings to use for 
>> firestarter, both for general use (web browsing, pop mail,  - were 
>> apparently ok anyway) and particularly for torrent use.
>> 
>> All comments appreciated.
> 
> How do you physically connect to the internet? 
> Is it a cable or dsl connection?

cat5 ethernet cable with a number of switches

> Do you have a hardware router doing NAT?

yes, a Vigor 2600 wired

> Is the box in question in the DMZ or behind said NAT?

behind the NAT. I dont have a dmz (I believe)

> Do you really *need* a firewall on the box itself if indeed it is behind a 
> NATing router?

nice question. Probably not, however, I do aim to use NFS occasionally 
and by default the nfs ports seem closed, so I start by needing (?) to 
manage ports - that is where firestarter came in.

I do not know however, how to reset the ports to (k)ubuntu defaults 
after use of firestarter. My recent experience relating to this 
torrent problem suggests that exiting firestarter does not reset ports 
to kubuntu default (??) or in any case the ports are still 
subsequently causing trouble for ktorrent.

If I could be sure that the ports could later be set to kubuntu 
default, I could more happily live with that in between times of using 
nfs when I am presumably making some machines on the (domestic) 
network more vulnerable, and learning and also experimenting (ports, 
firestarter, NFS....)

(thanks)
-- 
alan cocks
Kubuntu user#10391