Linux Firewall made Easy

April 30th, 2005, 8:21 PM

IPTables is a great firewall but you have to have experence.

With these 2 choices, you now will be able to have IPTables with ease. So read, look, and then decide which one is most suited.

Firewall Builder
Firewall Builder consists of an object-oriented GUI and a set of policy compilers for various firewall platforms. In Firewall Builder, a firewall policy is a set of rules; each rule consists of abstract objects that represent real network objects and services (hosts, routers, firewalls, networks, protocols). Firewall Builder helps users maintain a database of objects and allows policy editing using simple drag-and-drop operations.

Guarddog
Guarddog is a firewall configuration utility for Linux systems. Guarddog is aimed at two groups of users. Novice to intermediate users who are not experts in TCP/IP networking and security, and those users who don't want the hastle of dealing with cryptic shell scripts and ipchains/iptables parameters.

Howto
Not forgetting these also come with their own guide/manual.
Firewall Builder PDF guide and Guarddog manual

**ghostcop** · May 1st, 2005, 5:44 PM

Also good: http://www.ipcop.org/

May 1st, 2005, 6:11 PM

Not really, unless you want a hardware firewall which is what IPCop is. The ones I listed are software firewalls for your web server(s).

**ghostcop** · May 1st, 2005, 7:55 PM

It's a good, easy, Linux firewall. Thought that fit the bill.

April 30th, 2005, 8:21 PM	#1 (permalink)
Dark Matter Guest n/a posts	Linux Firewall made Easy IPTables is a great firewall but you have to have experence. With these 2 choices, you now will be able to have IPTables with ease. So read, look, and then decide which one is most suited. Firewall Builder Firewall Builder consists of an object-oriented GUI and a set of policy compilers for various firewall platforms. In Firewall Builder, a firewall policy is a set of rules; each rule consists of abstract objects that represent real network objects and services (hosts, routers, firewalls, networks, protocols). Firewall Builder helps users maintain a database of objects and allows policy editing using simple drag-and-drop operations. Guarddog Guarddog is a firewall configuration utility for Linux systems. Guarddog is aimed at two groups of users. Novice to intermediate users who are not experts in TCP/IP networking and security, and those users who don't want the hastle of dealing with cryptic shell scripts and ipchains/iptables parameters. Howto Not forgetting these also come with their own guide/manual. Firewall Builder PDF guide and Guarddog manual

May 1st, 2005, 5:44 PM	#2 (permalink)
ghostcop Surpass Fan On a golden path... Joined in Nov 2004 Lives in San Francisco 364 posts Gave thanks: 0 Thanked 3 times	Also good: http://www.ipcop.org/ __________________ Err the Blog ones zeros majors and minors - a tumblelog

May 1st, 2005, 7:55 PM	#4 (permalink)
ghostcop Surpass Fan On a golden path... Joined in Nov 2004 Lives in San Francisco 364 posts Gave thanks: 0 Thanked 3 times	It's a good, easy, Linux firewall. Thought that fit the bill. __________________ Err the Blog ones zeros majors and minors - a tumblelog

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May 1st, 2005, 6:11 PM	#3 (permalink)
Dark Matter Guest n/a posts	Not really, unless you want a hardware firewall which is what IPCop is. The ones I listed are software firewalls for your web server(s).

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