Kirti S. Bajwa wrote: > Hello List: > > This question is anybody who has experience with Firewall security using > SELinux and Shorewall! > > I am in the process of setting up a new LINUX system. I have read about > SELinux Firewall in CentOS 4.3. I am wondering if someone can shed light on > Shorewall Firewall vs. SELinux Firewall. > > I have not used either one of these Firewalls even though I once (2 years > ago) tested setting up Shorewall Firewall. I liked the concept and design of > Shorewall, however, I prefer using SELinux, because it part of CentOS setup. > > Any suggestion and discussion is highly appreciated. > > Kirti Perhaps you should continue to do some reading. Shorewall is a firewall of sorts, it's more of a front end for IPTables/Netfilter. http://www.shorewall.net/shorewall_index.htm#WhatIs SELinux is a system access control package. http://www.centos.org/docs/4/html/rhel-selg-en-4/selg-preface-0011.html#RHLCOMMON-SECTION-0072 That being said, there may be some conflicts between these software packages, I have not tried them together as of yet. -Mike