Re: [SLUG] inbound connection attempt gets past hw firewall

From: perthie (perthie@yahoo.com)
Date: Mon May 23 2005 - 12:44:16 EDT


--- Sick Twist <thesicktwist@hotmail.com> wrote:
> My home linux box is hooked up to a Linksys BEFSR41 which is behind a
>
> Linksys RT31P2. I noticed that Firestarter detected and blocked an
> inbound
> connection attempt on port 40379. It appears as though this attempt
> got
> past the hardware firewall on the RT31P2. I have a few ports being
> forwarded on the hw firewall but 40379 is not one of them. Am I
> missing
> something?
>
> Disclaimer: Network newbie here. Please be gentle with me :)
>
> -Jonathon
>

is the linksys still running the default configuration (you definately
dont want to run it that way, as linksys by default is wide open)? do
you have something running on port 40379?

>
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