On Tue, 2003-02-25 at 19:56, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Shorewall is a "frontend" to iptables. > > You install both iptables and shorewall. You read the Shorewall > documentation and tailor its config files for you needs. On startup, > Shorewall will generate the needed iptables commands based on your > configuration. Once that is done, shorewall exits and only iptables > contiues to run. > > Shorewall is text based config files. There is work (webadmin?) to get a > GUI frontend to shorewall....but IMHO you don't learn that much about > security that way. > > Shorewall makes iptables easy. > I had read that it was "frontend", but looking at the different files it installed lead me to believe otherwise. I was concerned they may clash if the both are running.
Thanks for clearing that up! > Regards, > Ed > > > -- > http://www.shorewall.net/ for all your firewall needs > > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- Palmetto Shopper http://palmettoshopper.com Serving all of South Carolina and beyond! -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list