Firewall Config Software?

Nigel Wade nmw at ion.le.ac.uk
Mon Mar 15 09:11:31 UTC 2004


Ow Mun Heng wrote:
> 
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: fedora-list-admin at redhat.com
>>[mailto:fedora-list-admin at redhat.com]On Behalf Of Nigel Wade
>>Sent: Saturday, March 13, 2004 8:41 AM
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>>Subject: Re: Firewall Config Software?
>>
>>
>>pctech at mybellybutton.com wrote:
>>
>>>I prefer Firewall Builder.
>>>
>>>http://www.fwbuilder.org/
>>>
>>
>>I'll second that.
>>
>>I use fwbuilder because it's the only iptables GUI I've come across 
>>which understands bridging firewalls.
> 
> 
> 
> Can I understand from you what it means by firewall bridging??
> 
> Thanks
> 
> 

It's a firewall and a bridge, not a router. The ethernet cards have no IP 
assigned, but the brige itself has an IP in the relevent subnet.


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             University of Leicester, Leicester, LE1 7RH, UK
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