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[Ray Parrish]

jdow wrote:
> From: "Ray Parrish" <crp at cmc.net>
> Sent: Thursday, 2010/February/25 06:17
>
>
>
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>>> -A INBOUND -s 174.129.35.126 -j ACCEPT 
>>> -A INBOUND -s 174.129.35.126 -j ACCEPT 
>>> -A INBOUND -s 174.129.35.126 -j ACCEPT 
>>> -A INBOUND -s 174.129.35.126 -p tcp -m tcp --dport 38009 -j ACCEPT 
>>> -A INBOUND -s 174.129.35.126 -p udp -m udp --dport 38009 -j ACCEPT 
>>> -A INBOUND -j LSI 
>>>   
>>>       
>> What are the immediately above inbound connections about??? I thought I 
>> had my computer locked down to where there were no inbound connections 
>> allowed???
>>     
>
> They are an interesting hole in your firewall to:
> "ec2-174-129-35-126.compute-1.amazonaws.com". I rather strongly suspect
> it does not belong and should be ripped out by its throat. Unless that is
> a rent-a-computer of yours at Amazon I'd read that with my heart in my
> throat over being hacked.
>
> Just where did you get this automated firewall tool of yours?
>
> {^_^}
>   
How do I go about removing those bad rules, and specifically which rules 
exactly need to be removed???

I just use the default firewall tool called Firestarter from Hardy Heron.

Thanks for your help.

Later, Ray Parrish

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