On 23/04/10 14:32, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Fri, 2010-04-23 at 14:10 -0400, Bob Goodwin wrote: > >> Through F-11 I ran Firestarter, it is not available for F-12 apparently. >> >> The attractive thing with firestarter was the log it produced. When >> I had a problem with an application I could look at the log and see >> what the firewall was blocking. How can I do that with the firewall >> provided with F-12. I have an application that doesn't work properly >> with the firewall enabled but is good with it disabled. Obviously I >> would like to know why. >> > Note that firestarter doesn't install a different firewall, it just uses > the same mechanisms as Fedora already has and adds a GUI in front. I > used it for a while (back in F9 or F10 I think, before > system-config-firewall existed) and then removed it as I found it too > confusing. YMMV of course. > > poc > > Yes, I realized that but it worked well for me in my ignorance of iptables, especially for things like NFS. It immediately told me what ports it wanted opened ... Presently I am struggling with some voip applications that "almost" work. The fix for one is to disable the F-12 firewall. I do not disable anything routinely and usually most things I use work without too much effort. Presently I am stumped, but it seems to me there ought to be a log somewhere that tells what's being blocked? Where did firestarter get the information? Thanks. Bob -- -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines