Jason Hsu wrote at 2011-02-28 09:48 -0600: > Since I'm looking for a job as a Linux IT consultant, I need a portfolio of > favorite server applications I had trouble finding a utility I liked for firewall. Scripts for iptables are slow and bulky, and with other frontends I don't really know what is happening with the actual firewall. The ferm packaged solved all this by allowing me to write normal iptables rules in a language that is easy to use. When applying the rules, ferm uses the iptables-restore method which is *much* faster than the iptables command and ferm has an interactive option for reverting in case a firewall change breaks your ssh connection.
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