Firewall

[Matthew Saltzman]

On Fri, 24 Sep 2004, Jason Dixon wrote:

> On Sep 25, 2004, at 5:32 PM, Stuart Sears wrote:
>
> > On Fri 24 September 2004 19:26, Damien Estrada wrote:
> >> Can anybody tell me how to unblock port 25 from the firewall installed
> >> with red hat ??
> > lokkit -> customize -> check the SMTP box
>
> I would've warned about the consequences of using lokkit.  For those
> that don't know, lokkit is a write-only application.  In other words,
> it lacks the ability to read in an existing configuration.  If you've
> already used lokkit to make a custom configuration, or if you've edited
> your /etc/sysconfig/iptables manually, running lokkit will wipe your
> existing ruleset.

That used to be true, and it was really annoying.  In FC2, this is at last
fixed (for both lokkit and system-config-securitylevel)!  Hallelujah!

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		Matthew Saltzman

Clemson University Math Sciences
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