RE: [cobalt-users] Is this some kind of Denial Of Service Attack

["Greg O'Lone" <greg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Make sure you read the known bugs section for the version you download.
V1.1.4 has a nasty bug that limits any additional ports you configure to
the server's subnet. There is a fix described on the pmfirewall site.

--
Greg O'Lone, President
Stretched Out Software, Inc
http://www.stretchedout.com




> -----Original Message-----
> From: cobalt-users-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:cobalt-users-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Glenn Parsons
> Sent: Tuesday, October 22, 2002 11:35 AM
> To: cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [cobalt-users] Is this some kind of Denial Of 
> Service Attack
> 
> 
> At 06:02 PM 10/22/2002 +0300, you wrote:
> >Hello Andy.
> >
> >Thank you and to others on the list for your responses.
> >
> >I have read alot about IP Chains BUT as far as I know I may need to
> >re-compile
> >the kernel during the install which I'm not good at.  I want 
> to make sure 
> >that
> >install goes fine without problems.  I have installed it on 
> my experimental
> >redhat linux desktop and still trying to figure out many options.
> >
> >My PortSentry is using the TCP Wrapper but one advantage of 
> IP-Chains 
> >is blocking the connection (Traffic) and by that minimizing 
> bandwidth 
> >usage which is not the case of the tcpwrapper.
> >
> >Regards,
> >
> >Al-Juhani
> >aljuhani@xxxxxxxxx
> -SNIP-
> 
> 
> >Hello Al-Juhani,
> 
> You do not need to recompile the kernel on a RaQ3,4 or 
> higher! Do a Google 
> search for pmfirewall. This will help you get over the 
> learning curve of 
> ipchains rules. It is a scripted setup and central 
> configuration point for 
> ipchains and works like a dream!
> 
> Cheers,
> Glenn
> 
> 
> 
> 
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