Noobie question -- Firestarter

[Mario Vukelic]

On Sun, 2008-01-20 at 19:45 +0000, andy baxter wrote:
> unless a script in 
> /etc/init.d specifically re-creates them.

Which is what Firestarter does. I provides these files:

/etc/init.d/firestarter
/etc/network/if-down.d/50firestarter
/etc/network/if-up.d/50firestarter
/etc/ppp/ip-down.d/50firestarter
/etc/ppp/ip-up.d/50firestarter

And NetworkManager seems to run them, too,
through /etc/NetworkManager/dispatcher.d/01ifupdown.

I don't know if this has to be enabled in the Firestarter preferences or
if it is the default, but suspect the latter. One can easily run a port
scan to the _outside* IP address with the Network Tools from menu System
> Administration. It will show that status of the ports.

* If you have a (WLAN) router, go to its configuration interface and see
which IP address faces outwards, then use this in the port scan. If you
don't have a router, use ifconfig on the command line or rightclick the
NetworkManager applet in the notification area to see its properties.