[wellylug] Looking for a easy to use firewall package
Glen Ogilvie
nelg at linuxsolutions.co.nz
Mon Jun 21 21:16:34 NZST 2004
Hi,
I've been driving myself mad (slowly) trying to find a well designed firewall
package for a dedicated machine. I've tried Mandrake Network Firewall, but
with much luck.
<rant>
it's web based interface does not prevent me from breaking it. What tends to
happen is that I add what seems like an OK rule, and then press apply..
either it stops working, or does not apply the rule.. when I login as root, I
find out it's configured something in a way that Shorewall does not like, so
shorewall does not start..
</rant>
so, does anyone have a suggestion of a better firewall package? The things
that I need are:
- Simple interface to control firewall
- Bandwidth throttling, QOS
- dhcpd server
- basic stats
- ability to forward stuff, as I run a server behind it, that will be sitting
on my lan (I don't have a DMZ and don't want one)
- Something that will run on a P133 with an 850MB hdd.
- inside my network, I need stuff like ICQ filetransfer, video conferencing,
ftp, kazaa, etc, to work.
I am trying to keep away from the configure scripts, etc, as I want other
people in the flat to be able to control it if needed.
I've looked at http://redwall.sourceforge.net/
but don't know how good it is and how easy it to config.
Any suggestions?
Glen
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