On Thursday, 1 March 2018 17:58:44 GMT Tom H wrote: > On Wed, Feb 28, 2018 at 4:15 PM, Walter Dnes <waltd...@waltdnes.org> wrote: > > Is there something besides iptables? It seems to be like > > systemd/perl/python, continuously expanding its scope. And no, I'm not > > looking for an "easy-peasy front-end gui" that'll probably pull in 90% > > of QT as dependancies. I fondly remember IPCHAINS. > > iptables doesn't depend on systemd, perl, or python. > > firewalld depends on dbus, polkit, and python. > > ufw depends on python. > > But there may be other iptables frontends that depend on more, > especially if they are graphical. > > The advantage of iptables frontends is that you only have to allow > "your" ports (for a minimal customization) without having to worry > about all the other stuff that you need to set up when you use > iptables directly. > > I've used apf, arno, and ufw. The first two depend on bash and simply > require you to set variables in "/etc/$firewall/".
+1 for net-firewall/arno-iptables-firewall if you need a script to set up iptables for you. I am using vanilla iptables with simple hand-made scripts on a number of systems, so it shouldn't be too difficult to roll your own if your demands are relatively simple. -- Regards, Mick
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