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Re: ipchains for the firewall challenged



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A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far way, someone said...

> If I may ask, why do you not like it?

The rules it produces are long and complex - that makes it hard to figure
out if you did something wrong while configuring the firewall.

> Is there something functionally wrong with it?

Once you have it working, no.

> Is it that the user is placing trust in someone else for securing a
> system?

That's another one.

> Are you a nuts-and-bolts, do-it-yourself kind of guy?

How'd you guess? :)

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