From: Stephen Clark <sclark46@earthlink.net>
To: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Cc: netfilter-devel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: fedora plans to replace iptables with firewalld
Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2012 15:39:38 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <50A5530A.9000509@earthlink.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20121115.143737.1667162595710068997.davem@davemloft.net>
On 11/15/2012 02:37 PM, David Miller wrote:
> From: Stephen Clark<sclark46@earthlink.net>
> Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2012 14:30:21 -0500
>
>> Is anyone here aware that fedora is planning on replacing iptables
>> with something called firewalld?
> It's an abstraction layer built on top of iptables and ebtables,
> not a replacement.
>
> A simple read of the project web site would have told you this,
> and I encourage you to do some research in the future instead
> of spreading misinformation.
>
> Thanks.
>
This is not what it says in the feature page at
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/firewalld-default#Detailed_Description
That says:
The services iptables, iptables-ipv6 and ebtables will be replaced by
firewalld. system-config-firewall in it's [sic] current form will also be
replaced.
--
"They that give up essential liberty to obtain temporary safety,
deserve neither liberty nor safety." (Ben Franklin)
"The course of history shows that as a government grows, liberty
decreases." (Thomas Jefferson)
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-11-15 21:02 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-11-15 19:30 fedora plans to replace iptables with firewalld Stephen Clark
2012-11-15 19:37 ` David Miller
2012-11-15 20:39 ` Stephen Clark [this message]
2012-11-15 20:45 ` David Miller
2013-03-02 0:16 ` Asshole kicker
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