----- Original Message ---- From: Brent L. Bates blbates@vigyan.com To: Jun Salen nokijun@yahoo.com Sent: Monday, February 11, 2008 9:30:44 PM Subject: Re: [CentOS] IPtables Possibility

Personally, I'd use ipfilter instead of ipchains/iptables, or what ever

they

are calling it this month. It is much better software and I find it much

easier

to use and configure than the other. It is used on a wide variety of

OS's.

However, what ever you choose to use, it will still be a steep learning

curve.

You might be better off learning more about your current firewall than

switching

to something else. Since I do know how to set up ipfilter, I do

find

it difficult using the canned firewall boxes. Things I could easily do

with

ipfilter are usually a pain in the neck or they can not be done at all

with

these other boxes. I hope this is of some help.

Thanks for the advice Brent.

junji aisalen.wordpress.com Linux Registered User #253162 CentOS User

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