Re: [cobalt-users] Port Sentry

["Mike Fritsch" <mfritsch@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Yea, thats how Port Sentry starts every time on our servers. Do you do it a
different way?

Mike

----- Original Message -----
From: "H.P. Stroebel" <hpstr@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, August 04, 2000 6:15 PM
Subject: Re: [cobalt-users] Port Sentry


> Mike Fritsch schrieb:
> >
> > To start portsentry, su to root and type the following
> >
> > /etc/rc.d/init.d/portsentry start
> >
>
> interesting... did you try it ?
>
> rtfm. the right command would be (as a suggestion; read the docu for the
> options) :
>
> Advanced TCP stealth scan detection :
>
> /usr/local/portsentry/portsentry -atcp
>
> Stealth UDP scan detection :
>
> /usr/local/portsentry/portsentry -sudp
>
> the path,f course, depends on your installation. if you are in the
> portsentry directory, you have to add a ./ (w/o space) before the
> command.
> you can add the above command lines to your /etc/rc.d/rc.local file.
>
> another way would be to write your own startup/shutdown script into
> /etc/rc.d/init.d, add the appropriate symlinks in the runlevel
> directories, and the command that mike suggested would work. if you are
> not common with this stuff, consult a good linux book before messing
> around with startup files other than rc.local.
>
>
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