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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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>>/Check out monmotha (in portage) if your requirements are a single |
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>>machine or small nat system (I have an adsl->gateway to two internal |
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>>lans, one coax, one 100m cat5) |
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> for a standalone/small network this does apear to be a nice single file |
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> firewall script, i just red through and it does what 99% of home users |
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> need, so i also approve of monmotha as a easy other option to shorewall. |
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Study monmotha! Years ago, I took one of those scripts and used its |
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premises to write some very complicated rulesets. Good stuff. :) |
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