On 07/05/2011 03:32 AM, Gabriele Bulfon wrote:
Hi, I have recently selected SL as an alternative to my Solaris /
OpenSolaris installations.
I have been used to run firewalls with ipfilter for years, so I was
wandering if there is any chance
I can substitute iptables with ipfilter 5.
Thanx for any help.
Gabriele.
The most up to date information I could find on this was at
http://www.phildev.net/ipf/IPFlinux.html It doesn't look impossible,
but not necessarily promising either. I'd suggest migration to iptables
simply because it is the native tool. Porting applications is a bit of
a mixed bag in my experience. And with this page reporting that it
"should work reasonably well" that does fill me with confidence. The
default firewall made by the installer, while decidedly unfamiliar in
IPF syntax, is fairly workable with excellent man pages (man iptables).
Its a pain to change tools, but I fear the headaches caused by porting
them may be worse.
Pat
