web security

[Karl Pearson]

On Thu, May 27, 2010 6:35 am, Fred Grant wrote:
> I use the modem lights  to show modem activity.  Sometimes the lights
> indicate that I am receiving a great deal of data (red color activity)
> even though I have shut down email and web browser.  I use the standard
> firewall and CentOS 5.
>
> I'd like to know which files, if any, are being written to and if there
> are better firewalls that could be used.
>

Might I recommend using tcpdump against the inbound (outside) nic and see
what traffic is actually moving across the pipe. (man tcpdump is your
friend)

Then, post what you find out.

Karl

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