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 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1Hw0iF-0002dp-DJ for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 06 Jun 2007 18:58:31 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with SMTP id l56Isqw4011083; Wed, 6 Jun 2007 18:54:52 GMT Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com (ug-out-1314.google.com [66.249.92.171]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with ESMTP id l56Im6kO002798 for ; Wed, 6 Jun 2007 18:48:06 GMT Received: by ug-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id u2so554669uge for ; Wed, 06 Jun 2007 11:48:06 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:from:reply-to:to:subject:date:user-agent:references:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:message-id; b=atp8fkRexQVuCSudWuFqohHzcnK99aczeWlD63kbh7V5j7EZKfaVNEdgxM1dPd0yOfObQK2Gic/gP/HyRFc3wemq8MJIwEnP5vag5jsZtYQxvJ5NMKPKqJKQpa4HlXrml0UTncicmbKrkIAeaD2e/XhFViJZg+pkpH+hyd5CZPw= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:from:reply-to:to:subject:date:user-agent:references:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:message-id; b=gSMDoBrm0b3VdmntK01HJWKW9s+k62JHarJKiudwdeT7zJxj/ZbG87SGQNub6X1G6/n4uFrYh8veXvmmdOL+zDOae40de5FpC0QFPW3gxppfZ2CmPNKYJYNpY90MEDOGxQ6/3J9HoTcdRjEm92/oURL+pUvlQiJIbkV3iW7I7oY= Received: by 10.67.90.14 with SMTP id s14mr588559ugl.1181155686090; Wed, 06 Jun 2007 11:48:06 -0700 (PDT) Received: from lappy.study ( [213.162.120.196]) by mx.google.com with ESMTP id 54sm1703070ugp.2007.06.06.11.48.05 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Wed, 06 Jun 2007 11:48:05 -0700 (PDT) From: Mick To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Wha' hoppen to firestarter? Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2007 19:47:40 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.5 References: <9acccfe50706052039w4686c6e5i6e6c586f56b71872@mail.gmail.com> <9acccfe50706060635l5e244f0oe669a54e04e3a29d@mail.gmail.com> <20070606141031.GH15293@garbanzo> In-Reply-To: <20070606141031.GH15293@garbanzo> 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: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart11365181.YOfLGq4gj8"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200706061947.42339.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> X-Archives-Salt: 7fcff2bc-1455-4d47-966e-48256c8787ff X-Archives-Hash: e0ac68dcf7de480b46f8563111014c0a --nextPart11365181.YOfLGq4gj8 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On Wednesday 06 June 2007 15:10, John J. Foster wrote: > On Wed, Jun 06, 2007 at 06:35:18AM -0700, Kevin O'Gorman wrote: > > That helps some, but in net-firewall I'm finding a lot of unstable > > packages, and no really good idea which ones will be the best for a > > personal firewall, let alone which ones are best supported upstream so > > this doesn't happen to me again. So I'm interested in > > recommendations. What did you switch to? > > I've been using net-firewall/fwbuilder for a few years with no issues. I > also find it pretty easy to use. Plus, it will also write rules for a > Linksys WRT54G running openwrt. I've also tried fwbuilder out (a pain to set up with ssh and what not), but= =20 for some reason the naked truth of iptables and a little script I gradually= =20 knocked up has prevailed as my chosen method of managing my firewalls. =46ull transparency as to what goes in and what comes out. PS. I found a pdf manual of fwbuilder somewhere in their website and it was= =20 quite detailed and very helpful. Strongly recommended for anyone who start= s=20 fiddling with it. =2D-=20 Regards, Mick --nextPart11365181.YOfLGq4gj8 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQBGZwFN5Fp0QerLYPcRAuolAJ9fZT5CC9y+ZYfbAXnYxJkJjmNnbQCgoxee Bm43uqouzXai+EtPSlG+Pc0= =VEru -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart11365181.YOfLGq4gj8-- -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list