Re: All these open ports
listcomm@ml1.net wrote:
If a port is open, and associated with a program which isn't from a
debian package and you don't believe you put it there yourself - its
time to consider the possibility your machine has been compromised.
Okay... that gives me an opening to try this again.
<<snip>>
In any case, I've as yet been unable to find any way of getting
detection and authorization of outgoing requests with any
of the Linux firewalls, or with IPtables - although I can hardly say
that
I've thoroughly done my homework
Even firestarter provides some degree of configurability in this respect.
- but I have asked here and there and
thus far no one seems to know.
Asking in the right place helps.
A number of people here would have the answers you're looking for, but
Debian has a firewall list.
The "Paradigm" seems to be that if
it's something that got spawned on your machine, and is trying to
connect
outward, it by definition must be legitimate, so it gets granted a port,
unless whatever port it is requesting is *already* explicitly blocked
by "iptables" or whatever for some reason.
With Debian you can configure for literally any eventuality.
Itt might be an idea to check out apps like tinyhoneypot amongst others,
also.
(Okay, now, everybody yell in unison: "WELL GO RUN WINDOWS THEN!!!")
Failing that, go run windows.
Regards,
David.
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