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Old 10-06-2009, 12:41 AM   #1
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Hi!

I've got a PRO license through VPS.NET, it's working great, and I love the control panel.

However I have a little doubt about the firewall. I can see in the CP this:



but if I run iptables -L I don't see all the rules I'd expect to see etc.
Which firewall is used behind the scenes?
Can I trust all the unneded ports are closed, and that additional rules for improved security are already in place?

Also, one thing that I am missing from Virtualmin is the possibility to backup to Amazon S3 directly. Is this in the works? I'd love to have this possibility.

For the time being, how do you others currently perform off site backups?
S3 would be best for backups as you wouldn't need SSH access, FTP, etc.

Thanks!
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Old 10-06-2009, 09:42 AM   #2
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but if I run iptables -L I don't see all the rules I'd expect to see etc.
Of course you don't see them. As I can see on the screenshot your firewall doesn't contain any restrictive rules. ISPmanager adds new records when you change rule status to "closed".

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Which firewall is used behind the scenes?
ISPmanager uses a system firewall (ipfw in FreeBSD, iptables in Linux).

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Can I trust all the unneded ports are closed, and that additional rules for improved security are already in place?
ISPmanager doesn't add additional rules for improved security.
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Old 10-11-2009, 01:41 AM   #3
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Of course you don't see them. As I can see on the screenshot your firewall doesn't contain any restrictive rules. ISPmanager adds new records when you change rule status to "closed".


ISPmanager uses a system firewall (ipfw in FreeBSD, iptables in Linux).


ISPmanager doesn't add additional rules for improved security.
Thanks for your reply mate.
Which file do I need to edit then in order to be able to add some restrictive rules etc?
Also, would be so kind as to suggest me some straight forward set of rules which would help me secure the box?
As for the off site backups, what's your strategy?
Thanks!
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Old 10-12-2009, 05:52 AM   #4
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Which file do I need to edit then in order to be able to add some restrictive rules etc?
For ipfw you should edit the file /etc/firewall.conf, for iptables the file '/var/lib/iptables/rules'.

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Also, would be so kind as to suggest me some straight forward set of rules which would help me secure the box?
It depends that is necessary for you. Use google search to find additional information for this theme.

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As for the off site backups, what's your strategy?
Please don't write different questions in a thread. Create a new thread for the each question.

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