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From: Ted Kaczmarek <tedkaz@optonline.net>
To: misiu_@gmx.de
Cc: netfilter@lists.netfilter.org
Subject: Re: AW: [despammed] Netfilter as an application.
Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2004 18:51:55 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1074556314.20675.6.camel@tarkus> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <NAENJKNIDEBCFOJEICJKOENACAAA.misiu_@gmx.de>

sudo firewall capabilities, what a concept. Do yourself a favour, don't
post to mailing list's from the same domain as your sudo accessible
firewalls.

Ted
On Sun, 2004-01-18 at 15:55, misiu_@gmx.de wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> you can use fwbuilder and sudo...
> so a normal user can use tables
> or did i miss something?
> 
> 
> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: netfilter-admin@lists.netfilter.org
> [mailto:netfilter-admin@lists.netfilter.org]Im Auftrag von
> Rakotomandimby Mihamina
> Gesendet: Samstag, 17. Januar 2004 21:32
> An: netfilter@lists.netfilter.org
> Betreff: Re: [despammed] Netfilter as an application.
> 
> 
> On Friday 16 January 2004 17:55, Andreas Kretschmer wrote:
> > > It would be a standard user program which
> > > a person with normal privelges could compile and run.
> > Very bad. Every can modify the rules. I think, you search 'Zonealarm for
> > Linux'.
> 
> Iptables is already simple to use . there is also shorewall that can make
> the
> use easier ( for some )
> 
> Just think what would be the weird if any user can add the firewall rule on
> a
> box . Do you really think something will work ?
> 
> > > What would it do? It could do the same things that
> > > netfilter does...i.e. filter packets/NAT etc. However
> > Why?
> 
> I think you should contribute to netfilter's documentation and give some
> simple and explained rules examples , you'll see that iptables will be
> simple
> ti use ... :-)
> 
> > > Does such a thing exist?
> >
> > I hope: no.
> 
> the same to me .
> 
> 
> --
> Rakotomandimby Mihamina Andrianifaharana
> Tel : +33 2 38 76 43 65
> http://stko.dyndns.info/site_principal/Members/mihamina
> 
> 
> 




  reply	other threads:[~2004-01-19 23:51 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2004-01-16 16:39 Netfilter as an application kernel_learner
2004-01-16 16:55 ` [despammed] " Andreas Kretschmer
2004-01-17 20:31   ` Rakotomandimby Mihamina
2004-01-18 20:55     ` AW: " misiu_
2004-01-19 23:51       ` Ted Kaczmarek [this message]
2004-01-22 16:33       ` kernel_learner

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