Re: Ident Spoofin

From: cod3x (c0dex@asia.com)
Date: 06/07/02 

From: c0dex@asia.com (cod3x)
Date: 7 Jun 2002 13:04:40 -0700

root@home.right.now (The One and Only duck) wrote in message news:<3d006e0c$0$74220$edfadb0f@dspool01.news.tele.dk>...
> RH 7.2 defaults to what they call "medium security", blocking all port
> numbers < 1023.
>
> http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-7.2-Manual/install-guide/s1-guimode-firewall.html
>
> The method used defaults to ipchains and not iptables. You can disable
> the service by removing the links for it in the runlevel directories.
>
> Better yet, set up your own additions to the ruleset used by editing
> the file /etc/sysconfig/ipchains.

Thanks very much. That was very helpful information. Much appreciated.

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