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uh im parinoid so i installed a firewall called firestarter and it keeps telling me "Hit from *ip* detected" im not really doing nething and it keeps telling me different ...
- 01-06-2007 #1Just Joined!
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firewall questions :/
uh im parinoid so i installed a firewall called firestarter and it keeps telling me "Hit from *ip* detected" im not really doing nething and it keeps telling me different ips one after the other...am i supposed to be scared? or is that just stupid bs? on their site it said that if something was wrong an event would be in red but black and gray where nothing to worry about. but the damn firestarter system tray icon is flashing red and keeps telling me some ip Hit me? also im not getting any kind of prompts to block ips or ports from it..
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Everyone gets randomly scanned by bots or script kiddies or something. Don't worry just because you're getting hits.
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it gets worse if you are in a hot IP space
Originally Posted by burntfuse 
- 01-14-2007 #4Linux Guru
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Like me, Wireshark resolves the IP and always say something about Riverdelit gets worse if you are in a hot IP spacePut your hand in an oven for a minute and it will be like an hour, sit beside a beautiful woman for an hour and it will be like a minute, that is relativity. --Albert Einstein
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