Amnon Feiner

While it take no time to get used to garbage, it takes a while to realize
that certain things work right from the get go! Windoze users are used to
warnings, so was I.
<qdza@vwntuo.com> wrote in message
news:C1LYb.65357$Wa.14597@news-server.bigpond.net.au...
> | Hi everyone, I would like something that acts like Zone alarm on
> | windoze but plays on Linux/Suse. The ability to monitor in real time
> | various break-in attempts from the web is kind of neat in Zone A. As
> | of yet Im not smart enough to know where to look for something like it
> | for Linux.Im told that Zone provides very adequate protection from
> | outside intrusion and I would like a Linux application to be as
> | effective as Zone. Could there be something out there that doesn't
> | require an admin to install/configure?
>
> I don't know of a real-time intrusion notification system similar to
> Zone Alarm. You have to remember that Linux is a multi-user system. To
> whom should the warning dialogs be sent? There may be no GUI active or
> admin logged in.
>
> Assuming you have the SUSE firewall activated, there are various
> packages to display firewall logs usually to a web page. There may be
> some on the CD, also check freshmeat.net.
>
> But after a while you will relax and not worry about these things. It
> looks neat in the Windows world: "wow I can watch people trying to break
> into my computer", but really, wouldn't you just rather get on with your
> work?
> --

Alberto Garcia Baladia

eleanor wrote:

> Hi everyone, I would like something that acts like Zone alarm on
> windoze but plays on Linux/Suse. The ability to monitor in real time
> various break-in attempts from the web is kind of neat in Zone A. As
> of yet Im not smart enough to know where to look for something like it
> for Linux.Im told that Zone provides very adequate protection from
> outside intrusion and I would like a Linux application to be as
> effective as Zone. Could there be something out there that doesn't
> require an admin to install/configure?
> Thanks everybody.
> Eleanor


Port Scan Attack Detector monitors break-in attempts sending the results
as e-mail messages to your mail client:

http://freshmeat.net/projects/psad/

baskitcaise

eleanor wrote:

> Hi everyone, I would like something that acts like Zone alarm on
> windoze but plays on Linux/Suse. The ability to monitor in real time
> various break-in attempts from the web is kind of neat in Zone A. As
> of yet Im not smart enough to know where to look for something like it
> for Linux.Im told that Zone provides very adequate protection from
> outside intrusion and I would like a Linux application to be as
> effective as Zone. Could there be something out there that doesn't
> require an admin to install/configure?
> Thanks everybody.
> Eleanor

I use kwatch running in the tray, this can monitor all sorts of log files and
specifically has the option of watching the firewall log and sounding an
alert if anyone tries to get in, but as I am behind a router with
nat/firewall it has yet to make a sqeak for me :)

HTH

--
Mark
Iligitimi Non Carborundum!

houghi

Bill P. wrote:
> Firestarter shows intrusion attemps - source, port, protocol, service, etc
> as part of the package so why bother with snort if you're a casual user

I do not know firestarter. The advantage of snort is that it is already
on the dvd. (Perhaps other programs as well)

I just tried it out once to see what happend. For the rest I am pretty
confident that the firewall stops what it needs to and I could not be
botherd by the information.

I tried the rpm files on http://firestarter.sourceforge.net/download.php
and the did not work. Made the rpm myself and it works nicely. Also
already deleted it, as it is not something I have use for. I want my
firewall in the background.
--
houghi

Ziah

Do you know where to look for the installer of the Zone Alarm?
I'm really finding it hard to look for it. Is there a site that offer it for free?