Is there a default firewall installed?

ferral-cat · 2008-11-05 03:50:15

Hi,

Is there a firewall installed in Arch by default? I know that I did not install the iptables package during inital setup.

So now that i forward my ports do I need to open up ports for torrent? And if yes then how can I accomplish this task? Do I need to install iptables?

I dont want any ports closed because I handle my security thru the router.

fukawi2 · 2008-11-05 04:22:23

The closest thing to a firewall in a default install in hosts.deny file which you may need to edit to allow your incoming connections.

Statix · 2008-11-05 04:27:07

In other words, no there is no default firewall installed, and you will not have to open up any ports on your computer (no ports will be closed.)

R00KIE · 2008-11-05 21:23:53

Statix wrote:

In other words, no there is no default firewall installed, and you will not have to open up any ports on your computer (no ports will be closed.)

But ..... doesn't the hosts.deny setup so all incoming connections are blocked?

$ cat /etc/hosts.deny 
#
# /etc/hosts.deny
#

ALL: ALL: DENY

# End of file

fukawi2 · 2008-11-05 21:43:08

The hosts.allow and host.deny files are only used by programs who call the tcp_wrappers - they will only block the connection if the application support tcp_wrappers and respects them correctly.

R00KIE · 2008-11-05 21:53:54

Bummer .... then I guess one needs to get iptables if a firewall is needed right?

fukawi2 · 2008-11-05 22:32:01

Yep!

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Is there a default firewall installed?

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