Pierre Fortin wrote:
On Thu, 09 Jan 2003 22:14:27 -0500 Mark Weaver
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Pierre Fortin wrote:

Stop or remove "shorewall" -- sure wish Mdk would have made it more
obvious during install/upgrade that it was going to add a firewall
without asking...
:^Pierre
problem is...what does one use on a Mandrake 9.0 box if not shorewall because I've had a terrible time in the past trying to get Bastille to work on an MDK 9 box, which led me swiftly back to an 8.2 installation for server use.

and I did take a look at gShield. The little bugger liked to drove me
nuts!

Mark

If you're gonna protect a box(es), it should be done before the traffic
gets to it... shorewall is like putting the deadbolt on the coat closet
door instead of the front door IMO. I use an external box.
Pierre
truer words were nere spoken, but at the moment I's a bit equipment po and lack the necessary hardware with which to implement such a scheme. However, it is in the planning stages for my network. ;)
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Mark
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