Configuring Shorewall

[nutty]

Hi,
I'm using Ubuntu on a Dell Inspiron 3500 laptop. Have installed shorewall but don't know how to configure it. I have used shorewall with Mandrake 9.1... but there it was a graphical installation and configuration. I'd like to configure shorewall on my system.

My problem is that i'm not a computer expert... i'm a student.... business major, and have moved from Microsoft to linux cos of the cost (don't want to use pirated OS and apps) and security.

I'd appreciate it if someone could help.

Best Wishes

[MikeJS]

Never used Shorewall before, but perhaps this (http://www.shorewall.net/shorewall_quickstart_guide.htm) will help.

[nutty]

Thank you MikeJS. I'll have a go with it and keep my fingers crossed.

[ubuntu-geek]

This firewall is simple and works good on ubuntu: http://www.rfxnetworks.com/apf.php

[jinacio]

maybe slightly offtopic, but i ran into this a few days ago:

http://firestarter.sourceforge.net/

haven't had the chance to try it, though...

[DcF]

This firewall is simple and works good on ubuntu: http://www.rfxnetworks.com/apf.php << no ubuntu package avalaible ? :roll:

[jdong]

firestarter is in Universe and is gtk/gnome integrated. It uses IPTables, not Shorewall.

May I suggest webmin, webmin-shorewall along with shorewall? It gives you a sweet browser-based GUI for shorewall.

[sno]

aah :D sweet \0/ very nice idd.

[AndyW]

this thread is almost two years old ;)

[sno]

No need to thank me ;) Shorewall iom much better then all the gui based firewall shells for iptables i have seen so far.

And i have tested almost all .... i was desert when posting until i tried it.
It gives me a even higher inet (gaming)speed then ipcop and is easy to understand.
No crap om my system only come config files to do this trick, dmz is supported!