Guarddog

[Tim Wunder]

On Monday 22 December 2003 2:47 pm, someone claiming to be Collins wrote:
> On Monday 22 December 2003 09:51, Tim Wunder wrote:
> > Does anybody here use/recommend guarddog as a firewall configuration
> > tool? I've tried firestarter (there's an RPM available for Fedora) but I
> > can't seem to get it to work the way I want. If I use firestarter to
> > block port 80, it allows me to force the use of my squid proxy, but it
> > also renders my webserver useless. I need something that will block
> > outgoing port 80 while allowing incoming port 80 communication. At least
> > that's what I think I need...
>
> I have limited experience with firewalls, but I use Shorewall - very simple
> to setup, and yes it does allow you to distinguish between incoming and
> outgoing requests by port, ip address ranges, etc.  There is an RPM
> available, and I've just applied it to SUSE 9.0 with no problems.

Since there is an RPM available for shorewall, I installed it.

Looks like there's no GUI for it ('cept webmin, which I don't feel like 
installing.) Oh well, guess it won't hurt to give CLI configurin' a try...

Thanks, 
Tim

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