From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1E9sbk-0000nh-0I for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 29 Aug 2005 23:00:04 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with SMTP id j7TMvBU9031569; Mon, 29 Aug 2005 22:57:11 GMT Received: from smtp101.biz.mail.re2.yahoo.com (smtp101.biz.mail.re2.yahoo.com [68.142.229.215]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with SMTP id j7TMrURs018579 for ; Mon, 29 Aug 2005 22:53:31 GMT Received: (qmail 20697 invoked from network); 29 Aug 2005 22:55:30 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO host2-03.systura.home) (sean@systura.com@209.162.225.44 with plain) by smtp101.biz.mail.re2.yahoo.com with SMTP; 29 Aug 2005 22:55:30 -0000 From: Sean Higgins To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Personal firewall for Linux? Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2005 17:38:10 -0400 User-Agent: KMail/1.8.2 References: <431359F6.8000300@erols.com> In-Reply-To: <431359F6.8000300@erols.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200508291738.10558.sean@systura.com> X-Archives-Salt: 8da4c815-a757-4f8d-b832-32ed9fe397b7 X-Archives-Hash: 432f629914c04cd9d95aad22bc39d453 Matt, Check out net-firewall/firestarter, http://www.fs-security.com/, it is a gui frontend for iptables and has a way to monitor the communication. Sean On Monday 29 August 2005 02:54 pm, Matt Randolph wrote: > I've seen related threads here recently, but I think my question is > different enough to warrant a new thread. > > I'm looking for a personal firewall along the lines of the ZoneAlarm > product for Windows. I don't want to take the time to teach myself > iptables if there is a simple alternative. > > I'm not trying to do anything complicated like protect a LAN or include > a DMZ or run an ftp server or anything like that. I'm just looking for > a quick and easy way to add another layer of protection to my desktop by > closing all unused ports. > > A GUI is preferred but is not required. > > Any suggestions? > > (If you dare answer,) what firewall do you use and why did you choose it? -- Sean Higgins, sean@systura.com http://www.systura.com - "Where information becomes knowledge." -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list