From: Rakotomandimby Mihamina <mrakotom@free.fr>
To: netfilter@lists.netfilter.org
Subject: Re: [despammed] Netfilter as an application.
Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2004 21:31:44 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200401172131.44177.mrakotom@free.fr> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20040116165548.GA5166@kaufbach.delug.de>
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 .
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-01-17 20:31 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 [this message]
2004-01-18 20:55 ` AW: " misiu_
2004-01-19 23:51 ` Ted Kaczmarek
2004-01-22 16:33 ` kernel_learner
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