On Thu, Mar 01, 2007 at 09:25:33PM +0100, Joe Hart wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Juergen Fiedler wrote: > > On Thu, Mar 01, 2007 at 08:41:10AM -0800, Jordi wrote: > >> Hello > >> > >> I saw two good firewalls: > >> - Firestarter wich is easy > >> - Shorewall wich seems versatile > >> > >> Wich is best for a single server pc? Does the complexity of shorewall > >> worth the effort or is firestarter as good as shorewall? > > > > The fact that Firestarter has a GUI tipped the scales for me - towards > > Shorewall. While it may be nice to do the initial setup in a GUI, > > being able to make modifications from anywhere over SSH has proven > > valuable enough to justify the initial learning curve. And once you > > 'got it', Shorewall isn't actually that hard to work with. > > > > Just my 2 cents > > --j > > Firestarter and Shorewall are both just front-ends to iptables, but > firestarter is simple (and has far less features than shorewall). > > Shorewall does appear complicated, but in fact, the examples only need > minor editing for use. > > You could just use iptables directly, but _that_ is complicated.
I've never had any problem using iptables directly -- except when I upgraded from woody to sarge -- suddenly there was a firewall of sorts introduced by default and I couln't get anything to work until I tracked it down in /etc and removed it. -- hendrik -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
