[TriLUG] Gnome port security app?

[Jon Carnes]

On Tue, 2003-10-07 at 17:46, Mike Mueller wrote:
> I was working with some folks today getting ssh access through a couple of 
> machines.  One machine was giving "connection refused" on ssh and telnet (I'm 
> working on them to deactivate it).  Then the owner did something with a Gnome 
> security app that opened the port and now they both work.  The 
> /etc/host.allow and /etc/host.deny are empty.  /etc/xinetd.d has a telnet 
> file.
> 
> I can't figure out what changed and I've already pressed the owner twice for 
> details with no relief.
> 
> Can somebody help me solve this mystery?
> Thanks
> -- 
> Mike Mueller

What was the distribution?  Mandrake Msec  would do this. Also, there
are plenty of distributions running GUI's that front-end various
firewalls.

Good Luck - Jon Carnes