firewall configuring

[Steven Stern]

On 11/13/2012 10:17 AM, Tim wrote:
> Why isn't there a thingy for configuring the firewall in the "system
> settings" collection of configurators for Fedora 17?
> 
> In older versions, system-config-firewall was in the menus, and readily
> apparent as the thing you went to, to adjust your firewall.  But there's
> nothing, obvious as the way to adjust it, now.  You'd have to know about
> the old tool, or manually write iptables rules.  But in this, modern
> everything is done in the GUI, system, there's nothing showing.
> 
> I became particularly peeved about this, when CUPS didn't find any
> printers (or print servers) on my LAN, when it should.  And the first
> port of call, in the past, would be to open up the firewall and allow
> IPP printing/serving options, as appropriate.  But there being no
> apparent way to the newbie to do this.
> 
> Gnome developers may well think there's no need for users to fiddle with
> their firewall, but when the printing doesn't work because the default
> rules forbid it, not providing any configurator, nor even any clues,
> smacks of incompetence.
> 

Gosh, is it so hard to type "system-config-firewall"?  I'm not sure
about Gnome, but on XFCE, it's APPS -> Administration -> Firewall.

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-- Steve