| 1 |
On Thu, Mar 1, 2018 at 8:48 PM, Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org> wrote: |
| 2 |
> On Thu, Mar 01, 2018 at 12:58:44PM -0500, Tom H wrote |
| 3 |
>> On Wed, Feb 28, 2018 at 4:15 PM, Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org> wrote: |
| 4 |
>>> |
| 5 |
>>> Is there something besides iptables? It seems to be like |
| 6 |
>>> systemd/perl/python, continuously expanding its scope. And no, I'm not |
| 7 |
>>> looking for an "easy-peasy front-end gui" that'll probably pull in 90% |
| 8 |
>>> of QT as dependancies. I fondly remember IPCHAINS. |
| 9 |
>> |
| 10 |
>> iptables doesn't depend on systemd, perl, or python. |
| 11 |
> |
| 12 |
> It has become an all-in-one router/packet-mangler/firewall/QOS/etc |
| 13 |
> when I simply want a firewall. The required kernel entries have |
| 14 |
> increased simply for the firewall functionality. |
| 15 |
|
| 16 |
Why should you care that iptables has many features that you might not |
| 17 |
use? There's at most one program on your system for which you use |
| 18 |
every single feature. |
Archives