Le Mon, 15 Apr 2013 14:36:04 +0200, Stefan Reich <stefan.reich.maker.of....@googlemail.com> a écrit : > Hi Robert, > > thanks for the answer. > > Now it's actually done... I looked up /etc/init.d/firewall and added > a line there according to other lines that already existed: > > iptables -A INPUT -i $device -m state --state NEW -p tcp --dport > 5984 -j ACCEPT > > This crap (sorry) REALLY should be more intuitive. I'm thinking: > graphical representation of ports and straight-forward editing.
There *are* higher-level firewall management tools than iptables. They are certainly available in your favourite Linux distro. (on the command-line side, shorewall comes to mind) > We'll > do that in Lua OS. :) Well, good luck... Regards Antoine.