Hi!
When i run the firestarter i don't get any errors as such. But with the firewall button on, i cannot access any of the websites on the server machine, but when i click the stop firewall button in "Firestarter" i can access the websites.. what's the reason for this.
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In the /etc/firestarter/configuration file the settings are:
#-----------( Firestarter Configuration File )-----------#
# --(External Interface)--
# Name of external network interface
IF="eth1"
# Network interface is a PPP link
EXT_PPP="off"
# --(Internal Interface--)
# Name of internal network interface
INIF="eth0"
# --(Network Address Translation)--
# Enable NAT
NAT="on"
# Enable DHCP server for NAT clients
DHCP_SERVER="off"
# Forward server's DNS settings to clients in DHCP lease
DHCP_DYNAMIC_DNS="on"
# --(Inbound Traffic)--
# Packet rejection method
# DROP: Ignore the packet
# REJECT: Send back an error packet in response
STOP_TARGET="DROP"
# --(Outbound Traffic)--
# Default Outbound Traffic Policy
# permissive: everything not denied is allowed
# restrictive everything not allowed is denied
OUTBOUND_POLICY="permissive"
# --(Type of Service)--
# Enable ToS filtering
FILTER_TOS="off"
# Apply ToS to typical client tasks such as SSH and HTTP
TOS_CLIENT="off"
# Apply ToS to typical server tasks such as SSH, HTTP, HTTPS and POP3
TOS_SERVER="off"
# Apply ToS to Remote X server connections
TOS_X="off"
# ToS parameters
# 4: Maximize Reliability
# 8: Maximize-Throughput
# 16: Minimize-Delay
TOSOPT=8
# --(ICMP Filtering)--
# Enable ICMP filtering
FILTER_ICMP="off"
# Allow Echo requests
ICMP_ECHO_REQUEST="off"
# Allow Echo replies
ICMP_ECHO_REPLY="off"
# Allow Traceroute requests
ICMP_TRACEROUTE="off"
# Allow MS Traceroute Requests
ICMP_MSTRACEROUTE="off"
# Allow Unreachable Requests
ICMP_UNREACHABLE="off"
# Allow Timestamping Requests
ICMP_TIMESTAMPING="off"
# Allow Address Masking Requests
ICMP_MASKING="off"
# Allow Redirection Requests
ICMP_REDIRECTION="off"
# Allow Source Quench Requests
ICMP_SOURCE_QUENCHES="off"
# --(Broadcast Traffic)--
# Block external broadcast traffic
BLOCK_EXTERNAL_BROADCAST="on"
# Block internal broadcast traffic
BLOCK_INTERNAL_BROADCAST="off"
# --(Traffic Validation)--
# Block non-routable traffic on the public interfaces
BLOCK_NON_ROUTABLES="off"
# --(Logging)--
# System log level
LOG_LEVEL=info
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I get the following out of "ifconfig -a"
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:80:48:31:B4:34
inet addr:192.168.0.1 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::280:48ff:fe31:b434/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:14 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:1302 (1.2 KiB)
Interrupt:5 Base address:0xc400
eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0D:88:45:AA:2E
inet addr:10.10.10.46 Bcast:10.10.10.47 Mask:255.255.255.252
inet6 addr: fe80::20d:88ff:fe45:aa2e/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:7331 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:7355 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:38 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:4018358 (3.8 MiB) TX bytes:1003296 (979.7 KiB)
Interrupt:11 Base address:0xc800
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:1966 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:1966 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:2832848 (2.7 MiB) TX bytes:2832848 (2.7 MiB)
ppp0 Link encap
oint-to-Point Protocol
inet addr:202.149.49.210 P-t-P:202.63.169.94 Mask:255.255.255.255
UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MULTICAST MTU:1492 Metric:1
RX packets:5834 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:6892 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:3
RX bytes:3753690 (3.5 MiB) TX bytes:823730 (804.4 KiB)
sit0 Link encap:IPv6-in-IPv4
NOARP MTU:1480 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
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