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[GeordieJedi]

Hi all, I hope you're all well.

I have a little concern I'd like some help with please.

I have just bought an item from a website in the USA)
The payment was done using SSL.

However I have just realised that I hadn't ran my firewall at startup
(like I almost always do !)
I think I had been online for about 30-45 mins until I realised that I hadn't turned on my firewall.
And by that point I'd already made my purchase.

So I'm a little worried. (I am very cautious when it comes to security).
(I understand that Ubuntu usually doesn't run many/any services
unless I set up them myself. Unlike Windows. And I haven't set anything
up myself - to my knowledge)

So what do you think ? Am I safe ?


Info =
KUbuntu 12.04
Chromium = Version 20.0.1132.47


TIA for any help or advice.

[lok1950]

Why not check your logs to see if a log-in attempt was logged during the period in question that should give your some reason to feel better at least

Enjoy the Choice

[Dutch_Master]

Well, at least you're running Linux. That in itself is a sensible safety measure... Most malware and other attacks are specifically tailored to Win-OS vulnerabilities, so can't work on Linux anyway.

You can turn on the firewall at boot by default, google 'round for a HOWTO

Mind, I don't have a firewall on my PC's, but I do have one on my router. Most manufacturers offer this as standard and usually these are pretty secure, especially if you purchase a semi-professional version (or "home and small business" as they'd like to call it) by specialised manufacturers like Netgear, Linksys/Cisco, etc.

[roseway]

I've never felt the need of a firewall in any of the PCs I use, because I always use a router with an effective firewall built in. You can easily check whether you have any open ports by running Shields Up.
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Eric

[sledgehammer]

Do you run a firewall on your router?

[GeordieJedi]

Hi guys, thanks for the replies.

I'll take a look at the log files.
- What would I be looking for ?
Can I Ctrl+F once I know what I'm looking for ?


I'm using a Virgin media Super hub (which is a re-branded Netgear).
I believe that it has a firewall setup and turned on as standard.
(I'll log in and double check).

I've tried Shields up, and get some very promising results.
A full pass (green across the board) in all the tests I performed.

Using Firefox
I tried a scan whilst using the GUFW firewall app.
I scanned again without GUFW running

And finally scanned again using GUFW and chrome.

All of which passed with flying colours (a true stealth pass).

Thanks for the help so-far.

[ajgreeny]

[GeordieJedi]

@ ajgreeny -

You're right.
I was referring to the GUFW firewall app (that I manually start each time that I boot my laptop).

[ajgreeny]