I think he's talking about a program for linux that helps you setup firewalling...like CheckPoint...thats what we use here..Last I checked CheckPoint wasn't free...i don't know how much money your planning to spend Andrew
-- -----Original Message----- From: Matthew Palmer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, 27 February 2002 9:40 AM To: Andrew Burrows Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [SLUG] Firewalls On Wed, 27 Feb 2002, Andrew Burrows wrote: > I was wondering if someone could advise me on the best firewall produce to > use on a Linux OS. Oh dear. We shall all don our asbestos underwear before getting into this one again. Linux doesn't have 'firewall products', per se. You use one of ipfwadm, ipchains, or iptables (depending on kernel version) to set up rules in the kernel which are then used to block/allow/filter/redirect/<whatever> traffic between interfaces. Since ip<foo> doesn't have the most idiot-friendly interface, there is a vast host of programs written to make your life simpler. The difficulty is that no two people can agree on which one to use. To avoid getting roasted by people who don't like my personal choice, I will simply recommend that you look at your distro, freshmeat, and google, to find the choices on offer, and then proceed to evaluate based on your own subjective criteria. I will mention the other breed of firewalling for Linux (which may not suit you since you seem to want one for a going machine) is to find a dedicated distribution which is customised for firewalling. Again, no recommendations will issue forth from this correspondent. However, lwn.net has a comprehensive list of distros from which you may choose. > Looking for something that may resemble say Firewall1 or similar?? Never heard of it, can't comment. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- #include <disclaimer.h> Matthew Palmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug Searching for "A Better Way" to a home loan ?. Call RAMS on 13 7267, or go to http://www.rams.com.au The e-mail and any attachments may contain confidential information. If you receive it in error you must not use or disclose the information. You must tell us and delete it. We do not waive any legal privilege by sending it. RAMS does not promise that the email is free from virus defect or error. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
