RE: Firewall Question

[mourik jan c heupink <heupink@intech.unu.edu>]

I agree. I have just setup my first iptables firewall, and it's really
not as difficult as it might seem.

I also doubted wether to use a special firewall program, or do it
myself. I eventually did it myself. The program I *would* have used
otherwise is shorewall. (http://www.shorewall.net)

Hope this helps.

Mourik Jan

On Wed, 2002-10-02 at 09:27, Stewart Thompson wrote:
> Hi:
> 
> 	I wasn't the original poster. I was just replying to Bishop.
> 
> Stu........
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mourik jan c heupink [mailto:heupink@intech.unu.edu]
> Sent: October 2, 2002 12:21 AM
> To: stewart.thompson@shaw.ca
> Subject: RE: Firewall Question
> 
> I agree. I have just setup my first iptables firewall, and it's really
> not as difficult as it might seem.
> 
> I also doubted wether to use a special firewall program, or do it
> myself. I eventually did it myself. The program I *would* have used
> otherwise is shorewall. (http://www.shorewall.net)
> 
> Hope this helps.
> 
> Mourik Jan
> 
> On Wed, 2002-10-02 at 03:26, Stewart Thompson wrote:
> > HI Luis:
> >
> >       I prefer to write a script by hand using the CLI.
> > Most modern Linux distributions include Iptables/Netfilter.
> > You can also control when it starts up, and include other
> > things in it like Stunnel set up, conditional rules etc. I
> > have not used any of the firewall front ends, but a GUI is
> > probably easier if you are new. The trouble I have is the
> > rules are hidden behind the GUI interface. There are lots
> > of good sample scripts on the net that you can modify for
> > your purposes. Plus, you will get a much more interment
> > knowledge of Iptables. Just my two cents worth.
> >
> > Stu.........
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: netfilter-admin@lists.netfilter.org
> > [mailto:netfilter-admin@lists.netfilter.org]On Behalf Of Bishop
> > Sent: October 1, 2002 5:04 PM
> > To: stewart.thompson@shaw.ca; HareRam; netfilter@lists.netfilter.org
> > Subject: Firewall Question
> >
> > Hello all,
> >
> >         I have  a question for you guys. I will installing a firewall on
> my
> > linux box soon. My question is would it be better for me to download a
> > firewall software off then net , or should I build my own firewall from
> > scratch. Let me know what you guys think, and which one would be better.
> >
> >
> > Thank you all
> >
> > --Luis
> >
>