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Raoul_Duke
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 Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2003 6:49 pm Post subject: Recommend a good firewall? |
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OMG!! i've only just realised that i have no firewall running 
Can someone recommend an easy to configure one?
TIA Raoul  |
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Fraggle
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| Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2003 6:52 pm Post subject: Re: Recommend a good firewall? |
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| Raoul_Duke wrote: | OMG!! i've only just realised that i have no firewall running
Can someone recommend an easy to configure one?
TIA Raoul |
iptables is the best one! |
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Raoul_Duke
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| Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2003 6:54 pm Post subject: |
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That's what i thought but i heard it was hard to configure....is that true  |
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Fraggle
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| Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2003 6:56 pm Post subject: |
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| Raoul_Duke wrote: | | That's what i thought but i heard it was hard to configure....is that true |
I will let you know tonight, I am gonna try to configure one tonight by myself with no outside help  |
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Raoul_Duke
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LOL........post back, that'll be interesting  |
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Digiman
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| Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2003 9:07 pm Post subject: |
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FireGate is pretty good and it is vary easy to configure. Although it isn't free. Also, it is it's own linux distrobution that has been stripped down to bare nessesities. We did a demo on it at work and it was really nice.
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Raoul_Duke
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| Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2003 9:13 pm Post subject: |
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Cheers
Although i think i need a GPL firewall
/me looks at his empty wallet |
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Digiman
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| Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2003 9:19 pm Post subject: |
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then IP tables combined with Webmin is probably your best bet...
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Raoul_Duke
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| Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2003 9:24 pm Post subject: |
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| I appear to have iptables installed........it just seems very difficult to configure. Does webmin make it easier? |
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Digiman
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| Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2003 9:26 pm Post subject: |
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it is a web interface that has a gui that will help guide you through configuring it; which is usually easier than editing the config files.
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Raoul_Duke
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| Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2003 9:28 pm Post subject: |
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Ok, seems like the best thing to do.
Thanks for the advice |
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aheld
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| Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2003 9:51 pm Post subject: try shorewall |
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Very easy to configure and admin
http://shorewall.sf.net |
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puke
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| Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2003 10:03 pm Post subject: fwbuilder |
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| fwbuilder looks good, but you need a gui machine and the firewall machine. I guess you could run them on the same box, but that means having X on your firewall (not advisable). |
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puddpunk
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| Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2003 6:17 am Post subject: |
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MonMotha firewall.
emerge it, edit the script, run the init.d, set it to boot, voila. It's nice enough to make you speak french against your will! |
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Raoul_Duke
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| Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2003 7:31 am Post subject: |
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| puddpunk wrote: | MonMotha firewall.
emerge it, edit the script, run the init.d, set it to boot, voila. It's nice enough to make you speak french against your will! |
Now that sounds good.....i didn't see it in portage though. Masked?
edit -
Ok, emerged it.......i take it i need to have iptables started at boot time as well?
I just add monmotha to default runlevel, edit the config file (looks confusing), start the script and that's it??????
Just a few pointers would be cool as i've only ever used 'no branier' firewalls in windows |
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Crg
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| Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2003 5:49 pm Post subject: |
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| Raoul_Duke wrote: | | I appear to have iptables installed........it just seems very difficult to configure. Does webmin make it easier? |
If you need a gui to configure there are plenty of what appear to be good ones out there such as http://www.simonzone.com/software/guarddog/ |
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