F19 Firewall

P J P pjp at fedoraproject.org
Tue Sep 24 17:28:37 UTC 2013


----- Original Message -----
> From: Eric H. Christensen <sparks at fedoraproject.org>
> Subject: Re: F19 Firewall
> Does firewalld make systems more vulnerable?


   If it allows applications/daemons/users to edit firewall rules, I guess that is not impossible.

 
> Does it make the iptables ruleset look horrible?  Why are you configuring 
> iptables using a GUI tool and then looking at the raw rules anyway?

   Well, that is to say that Firewalld is a replacement for iptables(8). :)


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