Gentoo Archives: gentoo-security

From: Pooh Sun Tzu <poohsuntzu@×××××××.net>
To: Matt Brown <mattbrown.lists@××××××××.net>, "gentoo-security@l.g.o" <gentoo-security@l.g.o>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-security] firewall suggestions?
Date: Wed, 07 Jan 2004 00:59:38
Message-Id: 1073411758.22462.2.camel@tao.attbi.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-security] firewall suggestions? by Matt Brown
1 Awesome, it looks like iptables and shorewall is the way for me to start
2 out. I'm sure after getting shorewall down I'll try manual iptable
3 configuration. Thanks!
4
5 As a side note, this is my first time using a news mailing list. Do I
6 reply to the person's actual email, or reply to
7 gentoo-security@l.g.o in responce to the emails I get from my
8 own posts?
9
10 On Wed, 2004-01-07 at 00:32, Matt Brown wrote:
11 > On Tuesday 06 January 2004 09:27 am, Pooh Sun Tzu wrote:
12 > > Greetings,
13 > > I have been with gentoo for about 3 months now, but only recently
14 > > decided I needed a firewall. Don't ask, as I still feel simply not
15 > > having ports open is just as good as a firewall that blocks them.
16 > > Regardless, I would love your suggestions on firewalls avalaible for
17 > > Gentoo. Also, if you could provide a brief explaination instead of just
18 > > a name, that would make my day much easier. Thanks!
19 >
20 > emerge net-firewall/shorewall
21 >
22 > "Shorewall is high-level tool for configuring Netfilter" (iptables). The
23 > configuration files for shorewall are much easier to understand and edit than
24 > dealing with iptables rules directly. This is a really nice tool and I highly
25 > recommend it.
26 >
27 > http://www.shorewall.net
28 >
29 > --
30 > Matt Brown
31 > LAMP Host
32 >
33 >
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35 > gentoo-security@g.o mailing list
36 >
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Re: [gentoo-security] firewall suggestions? Nicholas Hockey <tilt@××××××××××.net>