shorewall and iptables
Gregory P. Ennis
PoMec at PoMec.Net
Mon Apr 18 00:06:52 UTC 2005
On Sun, 2005-04-17 at 19:52 -0400, jludwig wrote:
> On Sunday 17 April 2005 07:30 pm, Gregory P. Ennis wrote:
> > Everyone,
> >
> > Can any of you advise me as to whether shorewall is a good iptables
> > frontend or not. I found it on one of the 'extra' repositories, but did
> > not see any discussion of it in the user's group.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Greg
> > --
> > Gregory P. Ennis <PoMec at PoMec.Net>
> >From all I have heard it is very good - - - but - - -
> IMHO One should always try to understand the program and in this case the
> rules and how they work. This will allow for a more complete and accurate
> setup of the firewall parameters you desire.
> (In other words don't expect that you will get exactly what you want without
> understanding and knowing the inner workings.)
> --
> John H Ludwig
>
John,
Thanks for the advice. I have been trying to create the time to master
iptables, and was looking for a way to start. I thought maybe shorewall
would be a good starting place. If you have other suggestions ......
Thanks again,
Greg
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