Firewall / iptables configuration script

Tim Sheets tsheets at insightbb.com
Sun Jan 16 18:31:16 UTC 2005


Alberto M R Davila wrote:
> 
> --- Alexander Dalloz <ad+lists at uni-x.org> wrote:
> 
>>
>>>since I did not install "X" I dont have any GUI support then not sure
>>
>>how
>>
>>>to configure manually (text based) the firewall/iptables... there are
>>
>>lots
>>
>>>of docs about that on internet, but while I read those I would like to
>>>know which would be a good (meaning: working well and easy to use by
>>>beginners) script/tool for that purpose ? I vaguely remember slackware
>>>cames with a script like that... 
>>>
>>>Basically, I would like to allow port 80 (http) and 8080 (TomCat)... 
>>
>>For such a basic purpose: system-config-securitylevel-tui
>>
 > Thanks Alexander,
 >
 > Only problem being (as I said) I dont have X instaled and don´t have the
 > time to become an expert on iptables in few days ;-)
 >
 > Cheers, Alberto
 >

you don't need X for this.  -tui indicates a text user interface....





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