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Post Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2001 12:57 am   Post subject: Reply with quote Back to top  
possibly on the security subject.

I was having problems with a windows based laptop connected to here at home on my router. Netscape 4.7 was crashing, a lot. So I did 2 things, I updated windows, and I got netscape 6.1.
Now we are behind what is supposed to be a hardware firewall. The email that was used and downloaded in netscape 6.1 dissapeared. The inbox was emptied of over 800 messages. trash still had it's origional contents, sent, drafts all were fine too.

On my pc I was in Linux connected to a ftp site. Locally owned, and not commercial.

Did I provide a gateway for someone to hack the laptop? Or is this something else?
It was totally locked up when we went to touch it (it sat for a few hours) and not one but 2 reboots were necessary to get working.

I did an updated virus scan yesterday as well.
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Post Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2001 2:20 am   Post subject: Reply with quote Back to top  
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possibly on the security subject.

I was having problems with a windows based laptop connected to here at home on my router. Netscape 4.7 was crashing, a lot. So I did 2 things, I updated windows, and I got netscape 6.1.
Now we are behind what is supposed to be a hardware firewall. The email that was used and downloaded in netscape 6.1 dissapeared. The inbox was emptied of over 800 messages. trash still had it's origional contents, sent, drafts all were fine too.


on windows, sounds like a virus.

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On my pc I was in Linux connected to a ftp site. Locally owned, and not commercial.

Did I provide a gateway for someone to hack the laptop? Or is this something else?
It was totally locked up when we went to touch it (it sat for a few hours) and not one but 2 reboots were necessary to get working.

I did an updated virus scan yesterday as well.




if you can ftp out than it has to open a port(or even two with ftp) so in principle you can go through but i think it is more likely a virus

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Post Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2001 11:27 pm   Post subject: Reply with quote Back to top  
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3. does your firewall stop port 113.(probably yes), do /etc/init/bastille-firewal stop
to stop the firewall, see if you can get it than.
Yes, can get in with firewall off ...


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Post Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2001 11:49 pm   Post subject: Reply with quote Back to top  
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Than you have to open port 113 in your firewall. Don't know if you can do in Bastille but editing the configuration script isn't difficult(it is in /etc/Bastille/

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Than you have to open port 113 in your firewall. Don't know if you can do in Bastille but editing the configuration script isn't difficult(it is in /etc/Bastille/
Easy for you, hehe ... I looked at it ... don't have a clue ... will try some stuff later ... thanks again ...


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Post Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2001 11:30 am   Post subject: Reply with quote Back to top  
# is like ; in windows so there are only a few lines uncommented and than it is only changing the line with
TCP_PUBLIC_SERVICES=
and adding 113

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# is like ; in windows so there are only a few lines uncommented and than it is only changing the line with
TCP_PUBLIC_SERVICES=
and adding 113
That worked ... thank you ... wBig SmileBig Smilef !!!


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