[Techtalk] How to block ports

Vonda vtrucs at gmail.com
Fri May 16 21:16:17 UTC 2008


Mani A wrote:
> On Sat, May 17, 2008 at 1:29 AM, Vonda <vtrucs at gmail.com> wrote:
>  
>> Hello, everyone,
>>
>>
>> Can someone tell me how to block port in Linux?  My system is Debian
>> Sarge.
>>
>>
>> It looks like a couple of sites have breached my Firestarter firewall.
>> They're using ports 33961, 33943 and 33971.  Netstat shows them connect
>> to port 80 on their sites.
>>
>>     
>
> The easy way is
>
> #apt-get install guarddog
>
> The other way is man iptables
>
> Best
>
> A. Mani
>
>   

Thank you, A. Mani.  I've tried to figure out iptables but it just makes 
my head hurt.

Vonda      


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