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Originally Posted by ~Phenom~
thanx a lot , I have heard that there is a inbuilt firewall in linux "iptables" , is it ON by default or we need to turn it ON , if yes how ???
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AFAIK, some distros have firewall on some don't. I guess ubuntu doesn't have it on. I don't know much about iptables so can't help here. But there are lots of documents out there and also man pages, which you can refer to.
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Originally Posted by ~Phenom~
how to check which ports are open , how to close them and which among those to close them , should I close them all except 8080 and 21 that is http and ftp????
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Using netstat. That's what eddie had told me, if I remember right, it was
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Originally Posted by ~Phenom~
is there any LIVE CD which have anti root kit preinstalled ??? or which live CD will u recommend , i mean which is easy to use ????
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Check any 'Security' Live CD's. I have seen it in hackin9 and PHLAK live CD's. See
http://www.livecdlist.com/?pick=All&...ity&sort=&sm=1 and
http://www.livecdlist.com/?pick=All&...ics&sort=&sm=1