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On Wed, Dec 21, 2005 at 12:35:54PM +0000, Gavin Seddon wrote: |
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> Hi, |
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> I have merged iptables. Will they start at boot and is there a link for |
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> configuring on Gentoo? |
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I would suggest looking into one of these tools depending on your |
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preference of text versus gui tools: |
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fwbuilder (http://www.fwbuilder.org/) is a nice QT based gui tool with |
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a simple wizard to get you started and drag and drop rule building. They |
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also have some good documentation on building effective firewalls. |
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shorewall (http://www.shorewall.net/) is a commandline tool that uses a |
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set of configuration files to configure the firewall. It first it |
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appears a little overwhelming, but the documentation on the site is very |
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good and walks through the most common types of setups used. |
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In the long run, I believe shorewall is slightly easier to use and more |
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flexible than fwbuilder. Shorewall does require editing several |
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configuration files to properly configure the firewall, so it is more |
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difficult to get the overall view of your firewall (for more complex |
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firewall configurations) than fwbuilder provides. |
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Brett |
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