Re: [slightly OT]: GUI firewall applications in Linux

From: Roberto C. Sanchez (roberto_at_familiasanchez.net)
Date: 11/28/05

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    Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2005 13:16:21 -0500
To: "H.S." <hs.samix@gmail.com>

    On Mon, Nov 28, 2005 at 01:02:27PM -0500, H.S. wrote:
    >
    > Hi,
    >
    > I have managed to convince a friend of mine to try out a Linux based
    > machine as a router in the company that he works in. At present, all
    > their computers (around 15 or so) run Windows. They have a router (I
    > think a consumer grade one) through which they connect their lan
    > computers to the internet in some way.
    >
    > For quite a while he had been complaining about viruses and spyware in
    > this computers. So I suggested he install Firefox and Thunderbird and
    > train users not to use IE or Outlook, run spyware and antivirus and
    > educate users NOT to click on any random links. So far so good. But he
    > still has problems about controlling his network traffic and internet
    > security. So now I have convinced him to install Debian (or some other
    > flavor of Linux) on a machine and make it a jpowerful and fully
    > configurable router.
    >
    > That is the story. Now, I personally have a firewall script (iptables)
    > set up on my computer. But my friend is not Linux literate at all is not
    > going to be confortable with bash scripting and vi editor and iptables
    > in the first go. Is there a GUI firewall application for Linux that can
    > be installed on router computers to deal with with various applications:
    > web browsing, email, databases: oracle & siebel, or other Windows stuff?
    >

    Suggest shorewall. It is not a GUI, but is extremely well documented.
    Configuration is done via a group of text files and shorewall has an
    easy command-line interface to start, stop and query the firewall.
    If their setup is simple (which it sounds like), then reading the
    documentation will teach him a great deal about how firewalls work and
    why certain things are done. In the end, it will be better for him to
    understand all that stuff.

    -Roberto 

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