Re: [Firestarter-user] startup

[Tomas J. <ma...@sc...>]

hicham wrote:
> hello
> 
>  using the latest firestarter beta version, why should
> firestarter only after a internet connection ?
> it fails to start when there is no ppp0 connection ?
> it should be up whether thre is or no connection 

That's just the way it's built. The firewall is to be activated
at the same time as the network, not before. This is because
the IP addresses of _all_ the network interfaces are needed for
the ruleset.

It would be possible to work out a new set for only single
interface machines that didn't have this restriction, but
it's not something I'm interested in. I don't think it's a
big problem.

> other question
> some events in Blocked events appears in red does what
> does it mean ?

Those gets counted as "serious" on the Status tab. It's
just a way to quickly spot the interesting (someone trying
to SSH to your machine) from the mundane (some crappy ad web
server hitting your high ports, broadcasts etc.).

Regards,
Tomas