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 1Hvvkq-00065S-2W for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 06 Jun 2007 13:40:52 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with SMTP id l56DdTe9021238; Wed, 6 Jun 2007 13:39:29 GMT Received: from an-out-0708.google.com (an-out-0708.google.com [209.85.132.242]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with ESMTP id l56DZJgU016666 for ; Wed, 6 Jun 2007 13:35:20 GMT Received: by an-out-0708.google.com with SMTP id c8so35815ana for ; Wed, 06 Jun 2007 06:35:18 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=nE2rxMxbE9m8FGf0vcwW9k9tVuTJ1Kbig7s4E4fmTA8FMAuFQWmGSaCvre3w2vnjwV3GD1fd1fGbTNrJs1AQf8YobWXn+PT9cFX6Mh0snh42w7pnMtwajfFPVBUuVdQsCf/o6aepIY/eOMQad9OHmfGWH0wSNzpZ2KFegPP/fcs= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=Tjcl0tO3IGDKLQ7gkontCSepSipQUL955XXZ/nLdX8Fh2Ub0QOGENRKyku/iv7zeQeTOumMRNcqgKJhybQd5j0g2HYZCKKeTSfELlbD03CV+byopfy8Jdnn6F5bZEMPPM9pFpK/mKgoUKKH6tGYqY4fv0btMkb3JOleZxMlVe/E= Received: by 10.100.225.13 with SMTP id x13mr271131ang.1181136918793; Wed, 06 Jun 2007 06:35:18 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.100.37.16 with HTTP; Wed, 6 Jun 2007 06:35:18 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <9acccfe50706060635l5e244f0oe669a54e04e3a29d@mail.gmail.com> Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2007 06:35:18 -0700 From: "Kevin O'Gorman" To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org, Dale Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Wha' hoppen to firestarter? In-Reply-To: <46663010.4060304@exceedtech.net> 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; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <9acccfe50706052039w4686c6e5i6e6c586f56b71872@mail.gmail.com> <46663010.4060304@exceedtech.net> X-Archives-Salt: 0fd2e283-07ed-4198-83b4-1ae3b8171152 X-Archives-Hash: c0666e469059f3f83b6c8beb9c0f50bf On 6/5/07, Dale 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 -- Kevin O'Gorman, PhD -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list