Google Summer of Code 2006: iptables GUI

Kevin Verma kevinverma at gmail.com
Thu Apr 20 19:48:29 UTC 2006


Note:- "protocol" as for nautilus file browser e.g: computer:///

On 4/21/06, Kevin Verma <kevinverma at gmail.com> wrote:
> I had been jotting down few of my thoughts about similar ideas. Some
> of the highlights were like:
>
>    1. Firewall control per interface
>    2. Override main system firewall
>    3. Connection sharing {to one or more interfaces}
>    4. Control for systcl parameters specific to interface
>    5. QoS and ToS
>    6. Bluetooth interface support
>    7. Dial-in support :-)
>    8. Extended dial-out controls to compare with kppp to some extent
>
> Also a new protocol support and mime extension for network
> connections. I have also filled a bug (enhancement) request. But my
> ideas are prone to flaws, and I'll welcome any of the feedback.
>
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=185839
> http://linuxbite.blogspot.com/2006/03/network-plumbing-on-linux.html
>
> Cheers,
> Kevin
>
> On 4/20/06, Arthur Pemberton <pemboa at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 4/20/06, Kenneth Porter <shiva at sewingwitch.com> wrote:
> > > I'd love to see a GUI version of the iptables command line tool. This
> > > should display the current chains in some kind of tree layout and allow one
> > > to insert/edit/delete the live rules and save them to
> > > /etc/sysconfig/iptables. It should accept module-specific plugins just like
> > > the command line tool.
> >
> > As has been already said, there are dozens of firewal GUI's around,
> > mayber extending, and making one standard in FC would be better.
> >
> > I hear firestarter is good.
> >
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