I have just configure my modem and my internet connection (thanks to everyone that helped me ). And i want to know how i can configure the mandrake firewall properly. I have tested the ports but all of them are closed and i want them steal.

thanks

Don't use the mandrake firewall utility if you want to do anything fancy. Guarddog is the best I've found so far. I let's you define various zones or machines and decide how to manage any port, define custom ports and all.

The interface is a fairly nice gui frontend.

Cheers

Well the firewall is for KDE and I use Gnome, and i don't know if it's compatible whit mi winddw manager.

Thanks

I'm using firestarter instead guarddog is easy to use and i think it works perfect

It is as any other kde based app.

It works fine in any window manager.

Do not switch to another firewall just because you want to be 'stealth.' 'Stealth' is a marketing gimmick used by people at grc.com.

If you are receiving information over your internet connection you are not stealthed. A full scan that shows 'all ports stealthed' does not mean you are invisible. Finding your computer is still entirely trivial.

Security through obscurity does not work.

However, when you say 'all' ports are closed, you mean llterally thousands of ports? On 9.1 Mandrake and newer, default Shorewall behavior is to drop requests, meaning 'stealth.' Post more information, please.

And what's the correct way to protect my pc? I have 56k modem and i use mnd 9.1