Re: GUI front end for iptables

I think it was firblog@nicht.net who said:

> I'm a newbie to linux but reasonably au fait with software firewalls.
> I've installed iptables and frankly, it looks a bit horrific to even
> beging configuring it using the command line interface. Is there a
> reliable GUI to iptables that i can easily download and configure?

Try Guarddog:

http://www.simonzone.com/software/guarddog/

Took the "horriffic" out of iptables for this Windoze convert.


F.T.
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> Yes, sure am -- a convert i mean. Thanks for all your help. I decided to
> try firestarter which has just been updated for Mandrake Linux 9.1.
> Worked a charm and very easy to set-up.

I'd be interesed to know whether Firestarter on Mandrake behaves in the
same way as mine on Debian does. Specifically, I find that Firestarter
accesses the disk *every* 4 or 5 seconds without, apparently, logging
anything. There doesn't seem to be much control over logging options.

- Richard.

Fred Tourette <toomuchspam@myinbasket.com> wrote in news:P7cOa.43631
$3o3.2898147@bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net:

> I think it was firblog@nicht.net who said:
>
>> I'm a newbie to linux but reasonably au fait with software firewalls.
>> I've installed iptables and frankly, it looks a bit horrific to even
>> beging configuring it using the command line interface. Is there a
>> reliable GUI to iptables that i can easily download and configure?
>
> Try Guarddog:
>
> http://www.simonzone.com/software/guarddog/
>
> Took the "horriffic" out of iptables for this Windoze convert.
>
>
> F.T.

I am having some problems with the guarddog app. Specifically, it says
"Guarddog is unable to read the file at /etc/rc.firewall as being a
guarddog firewall". It then complains that this may not be the system's
current firewall configuration.

I have a regular IPTABLES script which is giving me headaches, and want
to see if I am doing things right, so I thought I'd see what the GUI put
out for rules when I told it to open up specific ports for Timbuktu.

Can anyone help me with this error? It seems that guarddog is not
picking up my current /etc/sysconfig/iptables values.

Mairhtin O'Feannag

irishboy at imadethis dot com

thank you.