On 08/14/2014 01:16 AM, Timothy Murphy wrote:
Jonathan Billings wrote:
'FirewallD' doesn't replace 'iptables' except in the sense of activated system services, not the core firewall functionality. FirewallD just builds and modifies iptables rules.
I'm a bit surprised no-one has mentioned shorewall. I'm using it on two tiny home servers, one under CentOS-6 and the other CentOS-7. Basically, this is because I don't understand iptables, or really want to understand it. Is firewalld a reasonable alternative in CentOS-6?
I often wonder if I am in a small minority of CentOS users, who are just running home servers of some kind. Most of the posters to this mailing list seem to be in charge of systems with hundreds if not thousands of users.
I run 6 servers currently (4 running CentOS-5 and 2 running CentOS-6) plus a laptop and a workstation running CentOS-6. Still to take the plunge into CentOS-7. My operating space is small business situations wanting low touch, high up time and reliability. Also a high aversion to being sold expensive software that in no way out-performs FOSS for all the basic tasks a small business needs to survive. Thus you are not alone and probably not that small a minority.