Re: [gentoo-user] Wha' hoppen to firestarter?

["Kevin O'Gorman" <kogorman@gmail.com>]

On 6/5/07, Dale <dalek@exceedtech.net> wrote:
> Kevin O'Gorman wrote:
> > I had firestarter-1.0.3 emerged for quite some time.  I hadn't really
> > used it, but I'm a bit surprised now to find that it's interfering
> > with normal emerges because it's got a big red "M" smacked on it.
> >
> > I suppose that means there's a problem with it, and it's explained in
> > some forum or list that I don't normally get.  But now I'd like a
> > clue: what's the {prognosis, workaround, fix, alternative}. As I
> > mentioned, I hadn't really started to use it, but I'd like to have a
> > better firewall tool than building iptables scripts in vim.
> >
>
> This is from the Gentoo dev list.
>
> > The upstream development for firestarter has been dead for some time
> > (last news update Jul 31 2005).  Recent changes to the netfilter code
> > in the kernel have caused firestarter not to work (see bug #179792).
> > That bug has a patch that fixes that particular problem but the fact that
> > upstream is dead, the several other open bugs about firestarter and the
> > fact that I no longer use it myself mean I'm masking it for removal.
> >
> > I feel there are several good alternatives in net-firewall/ to use as
> > replacements for the iptables-generating aspect of firestarter.  If
> > someone
> > would like to pick up and maintain this package, they're welcome to it,
> > otherwise, I'll remove it in thirty days.
> >
> > Michael Sterrett
> >   -Mr. Bones.-
>
> So, if you like firestarter, better say something pretty soon.  ;-)
>
> That help any??
>
> Dale

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?

++ kevin

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