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[linux-security] Re: Linux and IPFWADM

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Kirk Bauer)
Wed Jun 17 03:36:39 1998

Date: Tue, 16 Jun 1998 10:01:49 -0400 (EDT)
From: Kirk Bauer <kirk@kaybee.org>
To: S Hedges <shedges@shaw.wave.ca>
cc: linux-security@redhat.com
In-Reply-To: <3583404E.3DC5C8F@shaw.wave.ca>
Resent-From: linux-security@redhat.com
Resent-Reply-To: linux-security@redhat.com

On Sat, 13 Jun 1998, S Hedges wrote:

>     My request to someone out there is to please post a working copy of
> ipfwadm rules, that is WELL documented and not messy.  I have found it
> difficult in the past to relate to some of the rules posted by various
> sources, as they are not documented enough for a novice ipfwadm user to read
> and understand what their purpose is.

I would suggest looking into a program called 'dotfile'.  It is
made to create various configuration files and you can get an
ipfwadm module for it..

It has a nice GUI, and after you are all done, it creates
a clear and well-documented set of ipfwadm commands.

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