On Thu, 17 Feb 2005 15:10:45 -0700 Tom Weniger <trweniger@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Fri, 18 Feb 2005 06:05:47 +0800, Robert Storey > <y2kbug@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Maybe slightly off-topic, but if you want more control over your > > firewall rules and are baffled by the cryptic mess that is iptables, > > I highly recommend Guarddog. I replaced the Fedora default firewall > > with Guarddog and have been much happier ever since. It can be > > downloaded from here: > > > > http://www.simonzone.com/software/guarddog/ > > > > I compiled it from source and ran into no dependency problems. > > > > cheers, > > Robert > > > Greetings Robert, > > I noticed that the requirements listed KDE 2 or 3. Any problems > running it in a GNOME DE? > -- > Virtually, > Tom W Dear Tom, No problem at all running it in Gnome. Even runs fine in XFCE. It has dependencies on KDE libraries, but if you've got KDE installed, then it should be OK. You don't need to run KDE. Actually, most of the time you won't even "see" Guarddog, you only need to look at it for configuration purposes. One thing that should be mentioned - to start Guarddog (so you can run the configuration), open a terminal and su to root, then type "guarddog". I have found that Guarddog won't start if you try to start it as a user (unlike the Fedora firewall, which prompts for the root password and then starts). Some people mistakenly think that Guarddog is "broken" when they try to start it as a non-root user. Once you get it all configured, I suggest you go to this page to see how well it's working: http://scan.sygatetech.com/quickscan.html cheers, Robert
