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  • From: Seth Alan Woolley <seth AT positivism.org>
  • To: "Bearcat M. Sandor" <Sorcerer AT TheDragonsEdge.com>
  • Cc: sm-discuss AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [SM-Discuss] sm-firewall??
  • Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2005 14:36:58 -0700

It's a minimalistic script for very small installs -- most of us use
shorewall or agt. Belxjander made it, and it's not bad for what it's
intended (deny-as-much-as-possible-while-allowing-outgoing-connections).

I wouldn't dump it unless you talk to him first.

Seth

On Mon, Jul 18, 2005 at 03:30:34PM -0600, Bearcat M. Sandor wrote:
> I was considering re-vamping my firewall system.
>
> I noticed a spell called sm-firewall. However, checking the HISTORY file,
> i can't help but notice that it only had a single submission and that was
> back on 3-30-2003.
>
> It looks like all it is, is an iptables script.
>
> Is this spell still viable or should it be removed? It's just that a
> firewall spell that is that old, may be too out of date, or is it the case
> that it doesn't really matter for an iptables script?
>
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