On 1/26/07, Sonia Hamilton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
* On Fri, Jan 26, 2007 at 08:38:45PM +1100, Kevin Waterson wrote:
>
> Thanks for that, but is there not a simple method to simply edit a file?
This *is* the simple method. Once you've installed shorewall, you'll
only have to edit a few files in /etc/shorewall - probably these:
I'll give another vote for shorewall, I'd actually recommend it over
some of the gui tools out there for manipulating firewalls (which I
understand are not an option for you at the moment). I struggle with
iptables a bit, shorewall makes setting a firewall up a bit more
intuitive (and you can always look at the iptables rules it's
generating if you want to know exactly what it's doing).
Not sure if anyone has mentioned it yet but keep in mind that if
you're manipulating a firewall on a remote machine and you bugger it
up, you can lock yourself out of it. That's not fun :)
Cheers.....Steve
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