On Sun, 2005-04-17 at 19:52 -0400, jludwig wrote: > On Sunday 17 April 2005 07:30 pm, Gregory P. Ennis wrote: > > Everyone, > > > > Can any of you advise me as to whether shorewall is a good iptables > > frontend or not. I found it on one of the 'extra' repositories, but did > > not see any discussion of it in the user's group. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Greg > > -- > > Gregory P. Ennis <PoMec@xxxxxxxxx> > >From all I have heard it is very good - - - but - - - > IMHO One should always try to understand the program and in this case the > rules and how they work. This will allow for a more complete and accurate > setup of the firewall parameters you desire. > (In other words don't expect that you will get exactly what you want without > understanding and knowing the inner workings.) > -- > John H Ludwig > John, Thanks for the advice. I have been trying to create the time to master iptables, and was looking for a way to start. I thought maybe shorewall would be a good starting place. If you have other suggestions ...... Thanks again, Greg
