Guarddog

[Tom Wilson]

On Mon, 2003-12-22 at 14:53, Tim Wunder wrote:
> 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

Have you tried fwbuilder?  I've never used it myself but have heard many
folks mention good things about it. 

Tom Wilson 
McSwain Carpets 
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