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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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On Tue, 2004-01-06 at 20:25, Bill Kenworthy wrote: |
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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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> There is also shorewall - people rave about it, but it seems to have a |
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> spotty history (keep coming across emails implying that there have been |
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> releases with security problems) and is overly complex for a small |
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> system. I installed it, started to read the docs and configure it, |
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> thought urrrkkkkk! and went back to monmotha and was back online in |
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> minutes. |
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> BillK |
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> On Wed, 2004-01-07 at 01:27, 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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> > regards, |
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> > Pooh Sun Tzu |
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> > |
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> > -- |
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> > gentoo-security@g.o mailing list |
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