intelligent iptables gui's
Claude Jones
claude_jones at levitjames.com
Sat Apr 9 16:52:31 UTC 2005
Gene Heskett wrote:
> Hi;
>
> I've been watching the iptables threads, hoping I'd find some clues as
> to how to go about carving a hole a few port numbers wide for
> bittorrents use.
>
> As I also have an external router, a linksys BESFR41, I'd probably
> have to setup something in it also, and that seems fairly clear, but
> I've never been able to get a torrent going through it. My iptables
> rules ATM are fairly bulletptoof, (you cannot see me from the
> internet other than a closed identd port) so my question is this:
>
> Do any of these iptables gui front ends have a preset option to output
> a pre-canned ruleset that will pass the torrent, but still maintain a
> reasonable level of security outside this open port range that the
> torrent needs?
>
Can't spead to FWBuilder, which I'm learning, or Guarddog, but
FireStarter which I currently use has a policy for BitTorrent and is
very easy to activate - in fact, I normally keep it off, and just turn
it on when I want to use it.
--
Claude Jones
Bluemont, VA, USA
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