iptables really isn't that difficult if you just want to do what the
average home user wants to do- accept certain services and block
everything else.
Provided that you have kernel support for iptables you can just
copy/paste some example code in a text file.
http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Iptables_for_newbies#QuickStart
http://gentoo-wiki.com/GWikInstall_Essential_Daemons#Firewall_with_netfilter.2Fiptables
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