From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Rakotomandimby Mihamina Subject: Re: [despammed] Netfilter as an application. Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2004 21:31:44 +0100 Sender: netfilter-admin@lists.netfilter.org Message-ID: <200401172131.44177.mrakotom@free.fr> References: <20040116163906.40844.qmail@web40307.mail.yahoo.com> <20040116165548.GA5166@kaufbach.delug.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20040116165548.GA5166@kaufbach.delug.de> Content-Disposition: inline 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 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