Hello all,

First of all I want to say sorry if I have sent this to the wrong people.

I have created a front end for iptables using jdk1.4.2, for my MSc final year project. I have spent three months developing the software, and it is a shame that it will go to waste. I want to be able to give it to the community and maybe someone will be interested in continuing development along side my self. I want to copyright it under the GPL, but since I have no clue as to how to go about it maybe some one can advise me on this.

The reason for this e-mail is more a favour than anything else, I was wondering if any of you could take a look at it and give me a quote or some comment on the program so I can add it to my dissertation document.

There is no manual of the features the program provides, but once you run it is quite self explanatory and not very difficult to use. It has support for most of the iptables commands.

The program allows the user to create complicated rule sets and chains using drag and drop and point and click. It contains a “Test View” where you can graphically see the packet transversal through a chain, which I believe is the neatest feature. The files are saved in xml format, and the shell script can be created using the export function in the file menu. There are a lot of little features, that make this an interesting project, but then again wouldn’t any developer say that about his softwareJ.

Any ways if you guys could help out please direct yourselves to http://www.existanze.com/IPTablesGui.html and download the file and give it a go. My deadline is on the 24^th of September so if I could hear from you before then I will be forever grateful.

If any one is interested in continuing development please do get in touch with me.

As a final note I would like to say thanks for taking the time to read this e-mail, and that I always wanted to introduce my self into the community in some way, to help out, and I see this as the perfect opportunity.

Best Regards,

Fotis Paraskevopoulos