[Eug-lug] firewallls

[Jim K]

I shut down skype and the problem went away. To block super node status
i would need to block ports 80/tcp and 443/tcp. This is not good. I will
setup the linksys for NAT and see if that solves the problem. Super node
for skype is scary.
Jim K
(ie http and https)
Brad Guillory wrote:
> Jim,
>
> Skype is a well know resource hog if your machine becomes a "Super Node".  I
> suggest you do a little research.  Google offered up this article that may
> answer many of your questions:
>
> http://ist.uwaterloo.ca/security/howto/2006-06-21/
>
> Good luck,
>
> BMG
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: euglug-bounces at euglug.org [mailto:euglug-bounces at euglug.org] On Behalf
> Of Jim K
> Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2007 9:38 AM
> To: Eugene Unix and Gnu/Linux User Group
> Subject: [Eug-lug] firewallls
>
> I have 2 questions. I have a laptop running Ubuntu feisty fawn to access 
> the internet for e-mail and surfing the net.
> 1) Does anyone have a favorite firewall that is easy to setup?
> 2) Does anyone have an easy to use gui application to control the 
> daemons running?
>   I have had a major slowdown the last several days and now cannot 
> access the internet under feisty.
> The last thing I installed was skype. There are a number of daemons I 
> don't recognize and figure stop them and put up a firewall and see what 
> happens before I do a reinstall.
> Jim K
> PS I am back to win doze.
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