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Date:      Sun, 20 Oct 2002 13:15:34 -0700
From:      Kent Stewart <kstewart@owt.com>
To:        Bryan Cassidy <bryanc2000@insightbb.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Security! Please help newbie
Message-ID:  <3DB30EE6.8020909@owt.com>
References:  <20021020125909.1acd7e7c.bryanc2000@insightbb.com>

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Bryan Cassidy wrote:
> Heres the deal. Two days ago I was hacked. I know this for a fact. The
> guy was using my IP address in a Counter Strike game a friend of mine
> told me. He said he made sure he had the IP address of the person. I
> went online on IRC and when I got there he told me about what
> happened. The guy tried a DoS attack on my friend. I was also banned
> from a couple IRC Channels (I can get back in now) I couldnt connect 2
> days ago for NOTHING. He was completely using all my bandwidth. We are
> in the process of finding out who this guy was to prosecute. I don't
> know what he used my IP address for and I don't think this is a
> game. I reinstalled FreeBSD yesterday sometime. We went through a
> couple security setups. I don't know anything about security. I will
> explain what I did. I adding the following into my kernel config
> 
> # Firewall
> options IPFIREWALL
> options IPFIREWALL_VERBOSE
> options IPFIREWALL_VERBOSE_LIMIT=10
>  
> I also added the following to my /etc/rc.conf file
> 
> firewall_enable="YES"
> firewall_quiet="YES"
> firewall_script="/etc/rc.firewall"
> firewall_type="/etc/ipfw.acl"

The type is supposed to be open, close, simple, and etc. It depends on 
which type you are using in rc.firewall. Look for [Ss][Ii] and etc.

Kent

> 
> I then added the following the /etc/ipfw.acl
> 
> add 1000 allow ip from any to any
>  
> I have a few days off so I am going to be using these days for setting
> up security and learning security. If someone out there would please
> help me out with makeing sure my box is locked down tight I would
> really appreciate it. I find it very childish and even scary knowing
> someone has used my computer and not knowing everything he used it
> for. Thank You and I hope to get some replys real quick to resolve
> this matter as soon as possible.
> 
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
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> Reply-To the appropriate mailing list. This is very annoying for me.
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-- 
Kent Stewart
Richland, WA

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