Noobie question -- Firestarter

Mario Vukelic mario.vukelic at dantian.org
Mon Jan 21 04:51:28 UTC 2008


Sorry for posting the same thing twice, the first time Evo had
crashed ...

On Sun, 2008-01-20 at 21:53 +0100, Mario Vukelic wrote:
> 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.
> 
> 





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