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From: Ted Kaczmarek <tedkaz@optonline.net>
Subject: Re: AW: [despammed] Netfilter as an application.
Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2004 18:51:55 -0500
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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,
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> you can use fwbuilder and sudo...
> so a normal user can use tables
> or did i miss something?
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> -----Urspr=FCngliche 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.
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> 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 'Zoneal=
arm for
> > Linux'.
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> Iptables is already simple to use . there is also shorewall that ca=
n make
> the
> use easier ( for some )
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> 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 ?
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> > > What would it do? It could do the same things that
> > > netfilter does...i.e. filter packets/NAT etc. However
> > Why?
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> 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 ... :-)
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> > > Does such a thing exist?
> >
> > I hope: no.
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> the same to me .
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> --
> Rakotomandimby Mihamina Andrianifaharana
> Tel : +33 2 38 76 43 65
> http://stko.dyndns.info/site_principal/Members/mihamina
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