SV: how to set up the firewall?

Steven Stern sds-email-list at mindspring.com
Sun Dec 7 23:30:04 UTC 2003


On Sun, 7 Dec 2003 22:06:41 +0100, you wrote:

>> Give this a try: lokkit
>>
>> Type it at a command prompt. You get a neat little ncurses display that
>> will let you configure iptables in all its stateful packet filtering
>> glory.
>>
>> You have to do this as root for it to function properly.
>>
>> HTH
>
>Do you know how to specify multiple additional ports in the cutomization?
>Lokkit says:
>	"Specify additional ports in the
>	form 'service:protocol', such as 'imap:tcp'"
>
>Is it for instance:
>'imap:tcp','pop3:tcp','mysql:tcp'
>
>It seemed to work for mysql but I cannot connect to pop3 if I enable
>firewall.
>
>/paolo


Try using GuardDog. It's very easy and configures the iptables for you.





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