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Am Wed, 28 Feb 2018 16:15:59 -0500 |
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schrieb "Walter Dnes" <waltdnes@××××××××.org>: |
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> Is there something besides iptables? It seems to be like |
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> systemd/perl/python, continuously expanding its scope. And no, I'm |
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> not looking for an "easy-peasy front-end gui" that'll probably pull |
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> in 90% of QT as dependancies. I fondly remember IPCHAINS. |
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I don't know what you're looking for exactly. |
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If you want a command line tool for configuring your firewall with an |
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easier syntax than iptables you could try ufw. |
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I don't know nftables, yet, but from what I read so far they seem to |
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got their inspiration from ufw's syntax. |
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ufw itself uses iptables and generates iptables rules. |
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Principally all those firewall tools do the same. They configure the |
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kernel's own firewall netfilter. And most if not all of those tools use |
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themselves iptables which is besides nftables the official tool for |
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configuring netfilter. |
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Fun fact: iptables is the successor of ipchains. And it's a very long |
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time ago that ipchains was replaced by iptables. |
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