On Mon, 2014-08-11 at 14:36 -0400, Jonathan Billings wrote: > 'FirewallD' doesn't replace 'iptables' except in the sense of > activated system services I just love using sv ipt ... (my abbreviations for service iptables). Not keen on another 'service' duplicating my manual and automated efforts. > FirewallD just builds and modifies iptables rules. Why do I need more complexity together with more learning time and more effort and conversion of existing rules ? IP Tables works fine. Absolutely no complaints. > If anything, FirewallD might make it easier to migrate to nftables > (a potential replacement for iptables) when that becomes mature[1]. Think I would prefer to use the nftables without a Lindoze wrapper. -- Regards, Paul. England, EU. Centos, Exim, Apache, Libre Office. Linux is the future. Micro$oft is the past.