Roger Grosswiler wrote:
But i can tell you in a bit a philosophical way, that the firewall
should be done for newbs - they connect to the internet, no firewall
(i still see this now...) and they often never remark, that their
computer is captured.
you mean here linux machines ?
And who has to resolve it??? Not themselves, as it is easier to
install a simple firewall than removing trojans, worms and alle the
rest of this *#%& - they trust on tools and experts and experts
writing those tools :-)
I deleted on a friends machine 7 trojans and 3 dialers, nevermind
where he was surfing :-)
i assume he had no on-access scanner.
was this a linux machine
or a windowzer behind an older linux-pc with a firewall or
squid/danguardian ?
see eg $ vi /usr/share/doc/rp-pppoe-*/configs/firewall-*
At least, i just installed him zonealarm (yes, his a windozer...),
zonealarm for linux ? no thanks, i prefer iptables.
closed everything and explained him, how to handle that part, if a
windows comes up and tries accessing to internet. Since then, he was
clean.
OT:
hahaha :-)
if you close all eg. "generic host bla" he will run in trouble.
i have seen zonealarms allowed everything because the "newbies" allow
after a short time all applications.
result: i have a firewall, why do i have trojans/worms/etc ?
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shrek-m