[aklug] Re: Iptables Philosophy

From: Christopher Howard <choward@indicium.us>
Date: Mon Jul 19 2010 - 20:54:20 AKDT

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On 07/20/10 04:47, Joshua J. Kugler wrote:
> On Monday 19 July 2010, Christopher Howard elucidated thus:
>> I've been working through an Iptables issue, and I found a solution,
>> but it doesn't seem quite right.
>
> Are you trying to learn routing philosophy, or just want some
> firewalling done?
>
> If you just want some firewalling, I'd get a firewall builder, or use a
> front-end like Shorewall, that has already figured all that out for
> you. :)
>
> j
>

I'm in a philosophical mood right now. Letting some other firewall
program just "magically" handle everything for me just wouldn't be
satisfying enough.

- --
Christopher Howard
frigidcode.com
theologia.indicium.us
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