Re: Network issues.

I wanted to say thanks to the people who wanted to help. I turns out ACS
Quarantined my IP. Some one use some exploit to make my Apache web server
fire off spam. I turned off and they lifted the quarantined I plan on
spending some time to beef up my security.
Thanks again.

Luke
On 7/9/06, bdk@thirdmason.com <bdk@thirdmason.com> wrote:
>
> The firewall that I've used the most is called Smoothwall from
> http://www.smoothwall.org. I've also heard of other ACS customers using
> M0n0wall from http://m0n0.ch/wall/.
>
> Did you know that your DSL modem can also be turned into a router? Both
> the Paradyne (My favorite) and the Westell DSL modems have built in router
> functionality. From what I've seen the Paradyne has greater flexibility
> but the Westell is more newbie friendly. I went from using Smoothwall to
> using the Paradyne in router mode to the Cisco routers that I use now.
>
> Don't bother calling ACS Tech Support about getting help with the modems
> as routers. It is an 'unsupported configuration'; which just means that
> there is more for everyone to learn in order to support them in that mode.
> Since most people use windows machines or have Linksys/Dlink/etc routers
> it would be a waste of time to know the various configurations. If you
> have any questions about how to change the modem into a router just let me
> know.
>
> Not a problem helping you Luke... Also congratulations on the upcoming
> little one.
>
> -Sean
>
>
> > Hey Sean well I was hoping you could send me a list of those firewall
> > products you use. Also I shut down my Sendmail it was doing some weird
> > things had about 10 process running and it was still sending stuff out.
> So
> > I
> > killed that. Thanks for all your help by the way.
> >
> > Luke Dubber
> >
> > P.S. Figured I could trust you with my full name.
> > On 7/8/06, bdk <bdk@thirdmason.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi Luke, lemme know your IP address and if you are an ACS customer,
> what
> >> is your DSL user name? I can run some checks from the ISP side. I work
> >> for ACS's in the NOC, monitoring the data side of the company.
> >>
> >> -Sean
> >>
> >> Luke D wrote:
> >> > For the past few days I have not be able to ssh home or view webpages
> >> on
> >> my
> >> > server. I was wondering if there were any brave souls out there
> >> willing
> >> to
> >> > port scan my ip remotely. And attempt to SSH in. I can create a dummy
> >> > account if need. I will also add that I can go out to the Internet
> and
> >> my
> >> > iptables look fine. I have not touched my config for while.
> >> > So if interested e-mail me and I will give out my IP.
> >> >
> >> > Thanks
> >> > Luke
> >> >
> >> >
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Received on Sun Jul 9 19:39:31 2006