>> Well, i made my suggestion only because he was asking >> for a ZoneAlarm-like program. As you may already know, >> ZA is a software firewall for Win32, it notifies you of blocked >> connections as they happen, and can be set up with simple >> rules. To my eyes, iptables + firestarter are pretty much the >> same thing, with the only difference that ZA is application-based >> (i.e. whenever an app wants to access a network interface >> you are presented with the option to allow that process or not) >> and Iptables is purely rule-based.
I agree with you stating that Firestarter is good for that. I have used it when i started to evolve in the beginning. It was broken half the time. Then again i should probably start playing some of the new versions to give it a fair shot. You are correct and i will agree with you stating that it would be the best for a beginner looking for something like ZA for Linux. Its just a huge field where it took me about 6 months to fully understand the concept of all the firewalling/IDS stuff and what is what and who does what. Rob
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