IPtables vs Shorewall in Mandrake 9.2

filiphw · 12-30-2003, 01:33 PM

What's your oppinion regarding using the IPtables firewall vs Shorewall in Mandrake 9.2 dist. I've read somewhere that Shorewall is for desktop
use. I have my box as a FTP, SSH and Samba server.

Should I go back to IPtables?

I usually use the Mandrake GUI to configure the firewall.

Rgds F

Mathieu · 12-30-2003, 03:39 PM

iptables is the Linux firewall subsystem for the 2.4, 2.5 and 2.6 kernels.
Shorewall is a front-end software which uses iptables.

So whether you use Shorewall or Mandrake's firewall GUI, you are actually using iptables.

To learn more about iptables, go to the netfilter/iptables website.

http://www.netfilter.org/