Which One?

David Cary Hart Fedora at TQMcube.com
Thu Jan 6 15:30:45 UTC 2005


On Thu, 2005-01-06 at 10:08 -0500, Gene Poole wrote:
> I intend to run Core 3 and I need to know what firewall is suggested.  I
> currently use a modified TrinityOS, but I haven't seen anything about it
> and the 2.6 kernel.
> 
> Is there a consensus about what firewall to use?
> 

Actually, IMO, there is only one firewall  - IPTables. Shorewall, et al
are really IPTables "configurators" and front ends. 

I like the webmin module as a front end. It is extremely intuitive and
allowed me to learn IPTables. This gives you tremendous flexibility.

> Thanks,
> Gene Poole
> gene.poole at fds.com

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