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Can also recommend fwbuilder, nice GUI, handles iptables, PF, ipfilter. |
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Generates executable scripts for you. I like it. |
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http://www.fwbuilder.org/ |
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In terms of firewalls available there is iptables only, what people are |
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recommending here are applications for handling iptables rules. |
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Apparently Darren Reed has been working on porting IPfilter to Linux. Has |
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anyone else heard this? |
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It's much better to have a firewall than just have ports not open. Even |
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though a port is not open it can reveal the presence of your machine by |
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the manner in which the IP stack responds to a connection attempt. Using a |
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firewall you can drop those packets, making all your closed ports |
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invisible. |
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> Greetings, |
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> I have been with gentoo for about 3 months now, but only recently |
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> decided I needed a firewall. Don't ask, as I still feel simply not |
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> having ports open is just as good as a firewall that blocks them. |
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> Regardless, I would love your suggestions on firewalls avalaible for |
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> Gentoo. Also, if you could provide a brief explaination instead of just |
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> a name, that would make my day much easier. Thanks! |
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