Re: [Sheflug] Re: Firewalls for SuSE 9.0

[Alex Hudson <home [at] xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, 2003-12-09 at 22:51, Simon Instone wrote:
> Downloaded and installed Shorewall and WebMin.
> It looks like it working, but, when I activate the Shorewall firewall 
> it's completely locked down!

Oh dear :( I wouldn't expect that from a firewall.

Might be an idea to take it back to PC World and get a refund.

> Looks like I'll have to play about with it to get it working properly!!

One of the problems you'll find with a combined gateway/server is that
you often want a gateway to have much simpler, stronger rules than you
can get away with on the server. Lots of protocols (FTP, SMB, etc.) are
quite complex, and can be temperamental (or worse) if not correctly
configured.

Cheers,

Alex.

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