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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 15:18:04 -0700

http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_id=7743289&forum_id=45422

Shorewall lives on...

On Mon, Jul 18, 2005 at 03:50:08PM -0600, Bearcat M. Sandor wrote:
> O.O
> According to http://www.linuxsecurity.com/content/view/119184/65/ :
> "It is with regret that I announce that Shorewall development and support
> is officially ended."
>
> So i guess it's agt. I looked at kmyfirewall, but i'd rather not have a
> dependancy on X for such a low level thing, even if it does make it
> easier. (I am assuming that agt and kmyfirewall won't work with the same
> file.) I'd rather learn it the hard way, even if my network is busted
> while i'm doing so :)
>
> Bearcat M. Sandor
>
> > 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 firewall spell that is that old, may be too out of date, or is it the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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