[CentOS] IPtables Possibility

----- Original Message ----
From: Brent L. Bates <blbates at vigyan.com>
To: Jun Salen <nokijun at 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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