Even simplier to remember run setup as root. This allows you to configure various things, of which the firewall is one.
On Mon, Oct 15, 2001 at 02:47:39PM -0400, D. Hugh Redelmeier wrote: > | From: Richard Hebert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > | It did install..and i made the mistake > | of saying i wanted a medium security firewall. ( built in firewall ....almost >feels Microsoftish ) > > | I install DSL, set up the lan and > | this is were disaster strikes. Whatever i do, whatever firewall script i use >,even Firestarter > | all of them fail to enable me to share the connection with iptables. Even now .. > | I did like a good week total to solve the firewalling/sharing issue but it's a no >go. > | Firewalling is the weak point in my modest opinion in release 7.1 > > I don't understand. lokkit is what they use for firewall setup. > Simpler and cruder cannot be imagined. Don't like it? Run lokkit and > tell it to not install a firewall. Change your mind? Run it again. > > I don't like lokkit much, but it couldn't be simpler. The worst thing > about lokkit is that it doesn't remember previous settings. You start > from zero each time. > > lokkit is simplistic. But firewalling is potentially very > complicated. I don't think most folks could handle the complexity. > The complexity is in deciding what policy makes sense and is workable > for each protocol and service. lokkit's tradeoff is probably > appropriate for a univerally deployed tool. > > And I think that it was well past time for Red Hat to include a > universally deployed firewall configuration tool. > > Hugh Redelmeier > [EMAIL PROTECTED] voice: +1 416 482-8253 > > > > _______________________________________________ > Seawolf-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/seawolf-list -- ------------------------------------------- Aaron Konstam Computer Science Trinity University 715 Stadium Dr. San Antonio, TX 78212-7200 telephone: (210)-999-7484 email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Seawolf-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/seawolf-list
