[gentoo-user] Re: Best *SIMPLE* firewall?

On 2018-02-28, taii...@gmx.com wrote: > Is there a windows style application layer firewall? Can you describe what that means? (For the benefit of those of us that aren't familiar with Windows.) -- Grant Edwards grant.b.edwardsYow! Bo Derek ruined

[gentoo-user] Re: Best *SIMPLE* firewall?

On 2018-02-28 13:28, Jorge Almeida wrote: > > Is there something besides iptables? It seems to be like > > systemd/perl/python, continuously expanding its scope. And no, I'm > > not looking for an "easy-peasy front-end gui" that'll probably pull > > in 90% of QT as dependancies. I fondly

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Best *SIMPLE* firewall?

On 02/28/2018 02:15 PM, Walter Dnes wrote: Is there something besides iptables? nftables I think BPF may come into context here, but I've mostly ignored it, so I'm not sure. It seems to be like systemd/perl/python, continuously expanding its scope. What do you mean? I've seen newer

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Best *SIMPLE* firewall?

On 02/28/2018 04:22 PM, taii...@gmx.com wrote: Is there a windows style application layer firewall? I'm not aware of one. I know that iptables can filter based on a process owner and cgroup. So, depending on how the applications are running, you might be able to come close to what you're

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Best *SIMPLE* firewall?

On 02/28/2018 04:47 PM, Grant Taylor wrote: I know that iptables can filter based on a process owner and cgroup. So, depending on how the applications are running, you might be able to come close to what you're after. You might be able to punt (metadata about) packets into a user space

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Best *SIMPLE* firewall?

On Wed, Feb 28, 2018 at 6:22 PM, taii...@gmx.com wrote: > Is there a windows style application layer firewall? Windows doesn't have an "application layer firewall" as far as I know. I believe that it does the filtering at the OS level, the same as Linux. Now, it is true that

Re: [gentoo-user] [okey..] [OT] Best *SIMPLE* firewall?

Nils Freydank wrote: > > PS: What about the "suspected spam" in your subject? Is that a bug in the ML > software or does that one come from you? > I might add, I've got this on other messages as well.  I was wondering about why that was there.  Dale :-)  :-) 

Re: [gentoo-user] [okey..] [OT] Best *SIMPLE* firewall?

Am Mittwoch, 28. Februar 2018, 22:15:59 CET schrieb Walter Dnes: > Is there something besides iptables? It seems to be like > systemd/perl/python, continuously expanding its scope. And no, I'm not > looking for an "easy-peasy front-end gui" that'll probably pull in 90% > of QT as dependancies.

[gentoo-user] [SUSPECTED SPAM] [OT] Best *SIMPLE* firewall?

Is there something besides iptables? It seems to be like systemd/perl/python, continuously expanding its scope. And no, I'm not looking for an "easy-peasy front-end gui" that'll probably pull in 90% of QT as dependancies. I fondly remember IPCHAINS. -- Walter Dnes I

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Best *SIMPLE* firewall?

Is there a windows style application layer firewall? I get that it doesn't stop truly malicious programs but I am simply wanting to stop random programs doing connections without my consent which due to the lennart potterings's of the world now are not just a windows freeware problem.

Re: [gentoo-user] [SUSPECTED SPAM] [OT] Best *SIMPLE* firewall?

On Wed, Feb 28, 2018 at 1:15 PM, Walter Dnes wrote: > Is there something besides iptables? It seems to be like > systemd/perl/python, continuously expanding its scope. And no, I'm not > looking for an "easy-peasy front-end gui" that'll probably pull in 90% > of QT as

Re: [gentoo-user] [SUSPECTED SPAM] [OT] Best *SIMPLE* firewall?

Am Wed, 28 Feb 2018 16:15:59 -0500 schrieb "Walter Dnes" : > Is there something besides iptables? It seems to be like > systemd/perl/python, continuously expanding its scope. And no, I'm > not looking for an "easy-peasy front-end gui" that'll probably pull > in 90% of

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Best *SIMPLE* firewall?

All microsoft software is inherently less secure.  You see, like many companies based here in amerika microsoft notifies nsa of bugs and does not patch them or notify anyone else until nsa says so, i.e. not unless/until nsa thinks they don't need the indirect back door "accidentally" included

Re: [gentoo-user] [okey..] [OT] Best *SIMPLE* firewall?

On Thu, Mar 01, 2018 at 12:11:12AM +0100, Nils Freydank wrote > PS: What about the "suspected spam" in your subject? Is that a bug > in the ML software or does that one come from you? Probably my ISP, I'll have to ask on their support forum. -- Walter Dnes I don't run

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Blacklist one of the pool's rsync server?

On Wed, 28 Feb 2018 02:18:37 + (UTC), Grant Edwards wrote: > > Is it possible to add it to your hosts file and point it to local > > IP?  > > No. Because the name is rsync://rsync.us.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage. > > Obviously, if it is a numbered IP then this likely won't work.  > > I