I feel it is important to recognise the Suse Firewall for what it is. It
is by the most part a Statefull Packet Filter with options to open
specific ports which a source packet does not originate, hence the
allowed services we open by means of the "Firewall" are an exclusion of
that source Port(s)
I totally understand your dilemma and your desire to find a software,
Linux solution.
I mentioned this OT situation as perhaps we are expecting too much from
any software. The fact that Suse can Maintain a well structured and
stable SFP Firewall is to be well appreciated.
I made the comments rega
On Wednesday 18 April 2007 03:29, M Harris wrote:
> On Tuesday 17 April 2007 19:52, Registration Account wrote:
> > I am interested in your comment about Network Address Translation not
> > being happy with FTP.
>
> hi Scott-- its a linux NAT thing. It depends on your distro... and how
> muc
On Tuesday 17 April 2007 19:52, Registration Account wrote:
> I am interested in your comment about Network Address Translation not
> being happy with FTP.
hi Scott-- its a linux NAT thing. It depends on your distro... and how
much
you know about NAT (configuration)... but basically the
I am interested in your comment about Network Address Translation not
being happy with FTP.
Every one of my private IP's has been through 2 translations, however
this is done via hardware and my assumption is that you are referring to
Suse's Firewall Masquerading option (software via SPF)
Via Har
