Open ports on FC2

[Marian POPESCU]

John Dangler wrote:

> I went to the ShieldsUP!!! site and ran the file sharing and common ports
> tests.  According to the results, I allowed ping to reply to their server
> via ICMP echo, and I have port 21 (ftp) and 23 (telnet) open.  How do I:
> 
> (1) block/ignore ICMP echo requests
> (2) Tell inquirers that ports 21 and 23 exist but are closed to
> connections
> 
> Thanks for the feedback.
> 
> John Dangler
> 
> 
> 
> 
Install a firewall GUI.
I use GuardDog and I'm ok with it.
www.simonzone.com/software/guarddog/
(You will need KDE ...)

Otherwise, there is FireStarter or Firewall Builder (needs Gnome), etc ...

More here: http://www.linuxguruz.com/iptables/ 

Marian