There just something about hardening the os and writing the script yourself
that makes you feel like you know something about security even if you leave
holes a product like shorewall will cover. (You learn the hard way if you
dont do it right the first time trust me) Plus after you look at all the
scripts out there if you actually research what this and that is etc
etc....... etc etc (I know it a big undertaking, lots to learn) you might be
the next one to wright a shorewall type product or help develop a honeypot,
if we all stay dependant on the few when they die in Al Queda attacks well
all be screwed

Please note that I am not bashing shorewall at all, in fact I am going to
check it out myself and see what I can learn from it
;)

On Thu, 12 Dec 2002 09:13:15 -0500 (EST)
  "Jean-Pierre Denis" <jpmsfree.ca> wrote:
>>>>Hi!
>>>>What firewall should I us on Mandrake 9.0? Up to now I had been using
>>>> Bastille and I'm quite sad about the fact it doesn't support Mandrake
>>>> 9.0... Is there another like product I could use?
>>>
>>>Shorewall
>>>
>>
>> iptables
>>
>> I havent looked into Bastille in like a year but use it as a guide to
>> harden the os (run it on a redhat box apply the same princples) then
>> script your firewall, if your lazy like me you go to linuxgurus.org and
>> steal parts of all the different scripts they have to make yours
>
>shorewall is iptables made easy. and it is very easy, you don't need any
>iptables knowledge to be able to configure shorewall.
>
>No more iptables firewall script ! Shorewall do it for you :-)
>
>Thanks,
>
>Jean-Pierre Denis
>jp at msfree dot ca
>
>
>

Kory Tarr
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