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On Tuesday 06 January 2004 09:27 am, Pooh Sun Tzu wrote: |
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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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emerge net-firewall/shorewall |
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"Shorewall is high-level tool for configuring Netfilter" (iptables). The |
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configuration files for shorewall are much easier to understand and edit than |
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dealing with iptables rules directly. This is a really nice tool and I highly |
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recommend it. |
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http://www.shorewall.net |
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Matt Brown |
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LAMP Host |
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