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On Monday 04 December 2006 14:55, Jon M wrote: |
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> Still new when it comes to Gentoo and so I'm stuck when it comes to |
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> picking a firewall to use. I know that most (if not all) of them just |
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> use iptables to block/allow stuff but I like the simplicity of having it |
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> do it automatically. |
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iptables is *the* firewall for linux. |
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> Anyway, I've been using APF on CentOS which worked |
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> great. Setting it up couldn't have been easier. Unfortunately it |
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> doesn't seem to want to play nicely with Gentoo. So now I'm looking for |
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> a new firewall. I tried Shorewall but it seems a little too complicated |
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> to set up. Is there something as simple as APF that works with Gentoo? |
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I don't know what APF is. |
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But, if you want a GUI, try fwbuilder. |
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Or, emerge -S iptables, there are loads of others. |
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Mike Williams |
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