Toby Bluhm wrote: > Robert Moskowitz wrote: >> qsm wrote: >>> maybe shorewall can do your live so easy..... >> It does not support the rtl8150 chipset. That is what the I have in >> the way of USB ethernet dongles. >> >> Which is another reason to go with a Centos based solution when you >> need to put something up as you go. > > Which is how I have shorewall/shoreline working . . . . OOPS... I was thinking you were saying Smoothwall!!!!! There I go again. Yes, it IS Shorewall that I am using with the Webmin front end (though more and more now I am doing quick edits to add rules via VI). > > > [tkb at nutube ~]$ cat /etc/redhat-release > CentOS release 5 (Final) > > [tkb at nutube ~]$ rpm -qi shorewall > Name : shorewall Relocations: (not relocatable) > Version : 4.0.2 Vendor: Invoca Systems > Release : 3 Build Date: Mon Aug 20 > 09:03:41 2007 > Install Date: Mon Aug 20 09:05:25 2007 Build Host: nutube > Group : System Environment/Base Source RPM: > shorewall-4.0.2-3.src.rpm > Size : 483558 License: GPL > Signature : (none) > Packager : Simon Matter <simon.matter at invoca.ch> > URL : http://www.shorewall.net/ > Summary : Shoreline Firewall is an iptables-based firewall for > Linux systems > Description : > The Shoreline Firewall, more commonly known as "Shorewall", is a > Netfilter > (iptables) based firewall that can be used on a dedicated firewall > system, > a multi-function gateway/router/server or on a standalone GNU/Linux > system. > > Shorewall offers two alternative firewall compilers, shorewall-perl and > shorewall-shell. The shorewall-perl compiler is suggested for new > installed > systems and shorewall-shell is provided for backwards compability and > smooth > legacy system upgrades because shorewall perl is not fully compatible > with > all legacy configurations. > >