On Monday 04 December 2006 14:55, Jon M wrote: > Still new when it comes to Gentoo and so I'm stuck when it comes to > picking a firewall to use. I know that most (if not all) of them just > use iptables to block/allow stuff but I like the simplicity of having it > do it automatically.
iptables is *the* firewall for linux. > Anyway, I've been using APF on CentOS which worked > great. Setting it up couldn't have been easier. Unfortunately it > doesn't seem to want to play nicely with Gentoo. So now I'm looking for > a new firewall. I tried Shorewall but it seems a little too complicated > to set up. Is there something as simple as APF that works with Gentoo? I don't know what APF is. But, if you want a GUI, try fwbuilder. Or, emerge -S iptables, there are loads of others. -- Mike Williams -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
