[Sheflug] ipchains & kde

[ross <nospam [at] virgin.net>]

hi all,
after reading the latest edition of linux format, i've been trying to set up a
firewall using ipchains using the sugested rules. just something simple to get
me started with firewalls. problem is that when the rules I'm using are
imlemented, KFM will no longer read the / directory? if a directory location is
specified, there is no problem. moving 'up one level' also works okay until /
is reached. if / is accessed, the whole x session locks up.

the rules i am using are:
ipchains -A input -p tcp -d 0/0 0:1023 -j DENY
ipchains -A input -p udp -d 0/0 0:1023 -j DENY
ipchains -A input -p tcp ! -y -j ACCEPT

i believe the idea is to close all ports which require a root service and only
allow packets with the SYN flag enabled through.

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Thanks,
        Ross
               ros.h [at] virgin.net
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