Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Grant Taylor <gtaylor@×××××××××××××××××××××.net>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Best *SIMPLE* firewall?
Date: Sun, 04 Mar 2018 01:14:44
Message-Id: 323e2e23-9858-dd9e-e3c0-40d074c98f7f@spamtrap.tnetconsulting.net
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Best *SIMPLE* firewall? by Walter Dnes
1 On 03/03/2018 05:55 PM, Walter Dnes wrote:
2 > Assuming I just want filtering, could I emerge nftables and unmerge
3 > iptables and have a functional firewall?
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5 Simplistically, yes.
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7 It's my understanding that iptables and nftables are two completely
8 different firewalling technologies. So you will need to either write or
9 find something to manage nftables for you.
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11 Is there a reason not to stick with simple iptables without anything
12 fancy to manage it?
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17 Grant. . . .
18 unix || die