5.9 Std Firewall

[Jackho]

I'm running 5.9 Standard Gold built on Dec-16-07. I have a Dell Dimension 2400 with a 2.4GHz Celeron processor and 256MB memory.
How can I tell if the firewall is running? I log in to the graphical user desktop as a normal user, not root.  From the command prompt (terminal), I enter su and then "service firewall status" and get the answer "rc.firewall is not running". If I enter "iptables -vL" I see what look like firewall rules and packet and bytes counts that change. So I think the firewall is running

If I go to VASMCC->services->services and pick level 4, graphical user interface desktop, the button next to firewall is pushed in.

I'm using the rc.firewall script that came with the 5.9 installation. When I tried VASMCC->network->firewall->New and then tried VASMCC->network-firewall->start, the system locks up. If I delete the rc.firewall and rename rc.firewall.backup to rc.firewall. I can restart my system.

On as side note, how do I search the forum. I put "5.9" +firewall in the search box and every message with the number 5, or the number 9, or the word firewall. I was looking for messages that contained the phrase 5.9 and the work firewall.

Thank you,Jack Homeyer

[bigpaws]

The search function here is missing alot.

I found it here:

http://forum.vectorlinux.com/index.php?topic=7161.0

Bigpaws

[wcs]

I've had the same problems with the VL firewall.
I ended up using firestarter, as in the link above. You might need to install several gnome libs to get firestarter running, but then you can activate it in "Services" and only lauch it to make policy changes or monitor blocked connections.

[Jackho]

Thank you, Bigpaws. I followed the link and installed Firestarter. Thanks WCS I got it working with VASMCC.