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 1E9pQO-00041V-1V for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 29 Aug 2005 19:36:08 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with SMTP id j7TJVIEU008932; Mon, 29 Aug 2005 19:31:18 GMT Received: from wproxy.gmail.com (wproxy.gmail.com [64.233.184.201]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id j7TJNPLL016547 for ; Mon, 29 Aug 2005 19:23:26 GMT Received: by wproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id 70so456994wra for ; Mon, 29 Aug 2005 12:25:23 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:date:from:to:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references:x-mailer:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=bLZUrX/FV2bAteCRnjTHA1jXJBlspq3iYVYouIA8xod0C8xanAjTAnmzFTrTCWP/+LpfrO1xQfZYx1mhIj216elUYvvY0iRvhTqinPNl8lgsIu/S46Bik7jUxLk6SzGlETNCGDR4sGA0QHmIpDNveohvt4XRWu1PA2BsWdUmkSk= Received: by 10.54.33.2 with SMTP id g2mr6568159wrg; Mon, 29 Aug 2005 12:25:23 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost.localdomain ( [81.226.148.179]) by mx.gmail.com with ESMTP id d8sm7039373wra.2005.08.29.12.25.22; Mon, 29 Aug 2005 12:25:23 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2005 21:25:20 +0200 From: Oscar To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Personal firewall for Linux? Message-Id: <20050829212520.46083564.monotux@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <431359F6.8000300@erols.com> References: <431359F6.8000300@erols.com> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 2.0.1 (GTK+ 2.8.2; i686-pc-linux-gnu) 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=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 55f6f1f2-5ae7-4030-9606-53fce2781b0b X-Archives-Hash: b08ff67ef9c88cd9924e5a4dd4d1d1b4 I use shorewall on my gateways / firewalls, but it's probably a bit overkill for you. A really simple setup can be done with firehol(.sf.net), but I don't think running a firewall on a unix desktop is necessary. Oscar On Mon, 29 Aug 2005 14:54:46 -0400 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? > -- > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list > -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list