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Coming from Windows to macOS, I was surprised that the firewall was off by default. I immediately turned this feature on. Would this be necessary? Are there some cons to having the firewall on that I am not aware of hence why Apple turned … Continue reading MacOS Firewall Needed or Unnecessary?
I recently set up a local server on my home network to host some files and personal webapps. In an attempt to improve security, I bought a pfsense-based firewall. I know some basics of networking but I’m not particularly advanced, so I tri… Continue reading Are firewalls based on linux secure?
With ethernet connected I can ping the router. Using a browser and letmeoutofyour.net:8080 returns W00tW00t, 443 sits and spins. Using a MacBook Pro early 2011, High Sierra 10.13.6. It seems to be a firewall issue, but I haven’t found wher… Continue reading ethernet is connected and active but browsers and speedtest cannot connect to the internet, WiFi connects to the internet fine
I have a server running on AWS and a cPanel from cpanel.net;
the server is apache and the OS is centos 7
today and suddenly all my 10 websites were not responding and showing 521 error.
After a few minutes of investigation, I came to find … Continue reading My Home/user directory was wiped off from the server, can secure log help finding out how was it done or at least if it is a hack? [closed]
My router’s firewall was set to accept incoming traffic for about 48 hours. Misconfiguration from a user, apparently.
I have few devices on the network (two Windows PC, Freenas, printer, chromecast TV). The firewall logs were disabled. No … Continue reading The incoming traffic was allowed on my home network for two days. How to assess the damage?
I have my home network divided into multiple VLANs, with a main router running OpenWrt forwarding between VLANs, where each VLAN equals a firewall zone. Zone wan hosts the Internet router.
Firewall zone settings in Luci are:
default input… Continue reading OpenWrt firewall mystery
I am working on a personal project using a custom IDS together with PfSense firewall. There are a few online datasets containing pcap files of benign and attack traffic, my goal would be to replay these pcaps to the firewall so that I can … Continue reading Replaying PCAPs to test firewall [closed]
What should be the custom response code when WAF blocks a request due to matched rules or policy violation.
We should kept the response code as 403 or 200 when WAF returns a response against a blocked request. What is the general security … Continue reading Custom response for Web Application Firewall (WAF)
After inputting these commands into a terminal on a host with Iptables installed, no web pages are loaded after connecting to a wireless network with internet access.
I know it’s something simple but I don’t know what.
sudo iptables –poli… Continue reading Basic Linux Iptables firewall problem
Is there a way to monitor and manage (block, unblock, log) all internet activity (mainly outoing traffic) from my computer?
For example, in my android phone I’ve installed a VPN tool called "Tracker Control" (from the F-Droid rep… Continue reading How to monitor and manage ALL internet network activity