Firewall On Backtrack 5

Firestarter Firewall 

Introduction 

Firestarter is a open source graphical interface and userfriendly software. 

Key Features 

• A wizard walks you through setting up your firewall on your first time
• Suitable for use on desktops, servers and gateways
• Real-time firewall event monitor shows intrusion attempts as they happen
• Enables Internet connection sharing, optionally with DHCP service for the clients
• Allows you to define both inbound and outbound access policy
• Open or stealth ports, shaping your firewalling with just a few mouse clicks
• Enable port forwarding for your local network in just seconds
• Option to whitelist or blacklist traffic
• Real time firewall events view
• View active network connections, including any traffic routed through the firewall
• Advanced Linux kernel tuning features provide protection from flooding, broadcasting and spoofing
• Support for tuning ICMP parameters to stop Denial of Service (DoS) attacks
• Support for tuning ToS parameters to improve services for connected client computers
• Ability to hook up user defined scripts or rulesets before or after firewall activation
• Supports Linux Kernels 2.4 and 2.6

Install Firestarter Firewall on Backtrack 5

• To install Firestarter On BackTrack 5 , use apt-get install command . 
• Command : apt-get install firestarter
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HOW TO OPEN FIRESTARTER

• To open Firestarter goto Internet > Firestarter .
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FIRESTARTER WIZARD

• On your first time , wizard will help you to setup your Firestarter.
• Click on the Forward Button.
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NETWORK DEVICE SETUP 

• Here you have to select your network device from the drop down menu . 
• In my case , my detected device is : Ethernet device ( eth0 ).
• There are other two check box options - 

1. Start the firewall on dial-out
2. IP address is assigned via DHCP 

• When your selection is completed , click on Forward Button . 
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INTERNET CONNECTION SHARING SETUP

• Now with Firestarter you can share your internet connection with the computers on your local network . 
• For that you have to Enable the internet connection sharing . 
• Tip :- Don't click if you don't want to share you internet connection .
• Click on Forward Button . 
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READY TO START YOUR FIREWALL 

• This is your last step of this wizard .
• Click on the check box : start the firewall now .
• And click on the Save Button . 
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FIRESTARTER RUNNING 

• Finally , wizard over and Firestarter is running successfully on your backtrack 5 r2.
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FIRESTARTER TABS 

• On menu bar firestarter have 5 tabs : 

1. Firewall
2. Edit
3. Events
4. Policy
5. Help

STOP FIRESTARTER , LOCK FIRESTARTER FIREWALL 

• To Stop firewall ,click  on the  stop firewall button .
• To Lock Firewall , click on the Lock Firewall button . 
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THIS IS HOW WE CAN USE FIRESTARTER FIREWALL ON BACKTRACK 5 

I HOPE YOU LIKE IT . NOW SAVE YOUR BACKTRACK TOO WITH FIREWALL .