On Wed, 2007-05-16 at 14:45 +0100, Russell Jones wrote: > **Hans van der Merwe wrote: > > On Tue, 2007-05-08 at 15:19 +0100, peter nikolic wrote: > > > >> On Tuesday 08 May 2007, Damon Register wrote: > >> > >>> Hans van der Merwe wrote: > >>> > >>>> Thx, ye I know about these, but really go take a look at the new Win2003 > >>>> firewall config builder - I think the OSS community should take note > >>>> and impl something similar (cant be hard to do, fwbuilder can be made to > >>>> look like it I think) > >>>> > >>> I am not familiar with the Win2003 firewall config builder but I am > >>> familiar with the pain of trying to learn/use fwbuilder. I was trying to > >>> use it for Solaris 10. I tinkered for a while before I discovered that it > >>> wasn't really compatible (at that time) with Solaris 10. I saw this > >>> thread > >>> and got a little excited because I too wish there was an easy to use > >>> firewall config tool. At this point I am back to using SuSEfirewall2 > >>> because it is the only thing I have learned adequately. > >>> > >>> Damon Register > >>> > >> Hi . > >> > >> > >> If you want a Firewall that is easy to install and manage and have a spare > >> machine to run it on then Smoothwall is real easy to install and config > >> it > >> does not need much in the way of system have it running on an old P100 > >> with > >> 256 Mb ram you only need a monitor and keyboard connected for the install > >> and initial setup then you can loose them ( Used to use BBiagent but they > >> have not answered the last dozen or so attempts at contacting them ) > >> > >> Pete . > >> > >> > > > > Smoothwall is great - but something like it as "normal" app on server > > will be great (this is basically what Win2003 got) > > > > > I guess you could look at Webmin's "*Linux Firewall" module > http://www.webmin.com/standard.html > > I don't know of a GTK or Qt equivalent.*
Havent looked at webmin in years - will check it out thanks. Is the icons still as ugly? E-Mail disclaimer: http://www.sunspace.co.za/emaildisclaimer.htm -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
