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. > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > E-Mail: Bryan Cassidy <bryanc2000@insightbb.com> > GAIM: bsdsys > Yahoo Messenger: bsdsys > > I have put alot of time in setting up my mail filters. Please do not > simply Reply-To: <bryanc2000@insightbb.com> unless said so.Please > Reply-To the appropriate mailing list. This is very annoying for me. > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > . > -- Kent Stewart Richland, WA http://users.owt.com/kstewart/index.html To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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