RE: setting up iptables
Hi Costas Magkos
I can recommend the webmin module called "Turtle Firewall", it is a very good tool for setting up IPTables.
http://www.turtlefirewall.com/
Kim
>Hi all,
>Can someone give me some best-practices for setting up iptables on a
>Debian system? I'm looking for things like where should the rules be
>placed, what startup script to use [1], good configuration tools [2] and
>so on. URLs are appreciated, I dont mind reading :-)
>I'm currently setting up iptables on a single-server enviroment (no
>routing), but since I will be using iptables a lot, general concepts are
>also welcome.
>--
>[1] When looking around how to set up iptables, I found in
>/etc/default/iptables some discouraging words (apparently from the
>author) about the usage of the iptables init.d script, which can be
>summarized to this: "Do not use it". Why not? And if not, is there any
>other way?
>[2] I tried firestarter, seems nice. However, it produces a large
>ruleset with tones of redundant rules and /proc optimizations (for
>instance, the anti-spoof filtering is activated by default). It involves
>too much editing, which I have no problem doing it if someone tells me
>it's worth it.
>Thanks in advance,
>~kmag
>Costas Magkos
>Internet Systematics Lab
>Athens, Greece
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