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 1E9orA-0000oF-08 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 29 Aug 2005 18:59:44 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with SMTP id j7TIuSaY015348; Mon, 29 Aug 2005 18:56:28 GMT Received: from rwcrmhc12.comcast.net (rwcrmhc14.comcast.net [204.127.198.54]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id j7TIqp75017319 for ; Mon, 29 Aug 2005 18:52:51 GMT Received: from [192.168.0.123] (pcp04370732pcs.nrockv01.md.comcast.net[69.140.218.245]) by comcast.net (rwcrmhc14) with ESMTP id <2005082918544801400heg9le>; Mon, 29 Aug 2005 18:54:48 +0000 Message-ID: <431359F6.8000300@erols.com> Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2005 14:54:46 -0400 From: Matt Randolph User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.6 (X11/20050723) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en 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 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: [gentoo-user] Personal firewall for Linux? Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 853f7496-f1cf-46c7-8e77-a6ff40f5b844 X-Archives-Hash: 0853870ed982ca97d9c1021801777cda 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