From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: mourik jan c heupink Subject: RE: Firewall Question Date: 02 Oct 2002 09:38:23 +0200 Sender: netfilter-admin@lists.netfilter.org Message-ID: <1033544303.1179.5.camel@suse8> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: Errors-To: netfilter-admin@lists.netfilter.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: "netfilter@lists.netfilter.org" 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 > > >