IPTables web-interface?

wbsmith89 · n00b Joined: 21 Mar 2004 Posts: 27

Hey, I've been using gentoo for quite some time now, but I've always used a hardware firewall. I've been looking into iptables but it seems really complicated and all I really want to do has have all ports blocked out but certain ones I want open to the outside. I've always used the netgear web-interface to forward ports and such; is there anything similar for iptables? Again, all I really need to do is have certain ports available to 'the outside world'.

Also, how will I be able to log into my SBC account through this box (the hardware firewall did this for me)?

Thanks in advance,
William

hanj · Veteran Joined: 19 Aug 2003 Posts: 1500

Just came across this.. not web interface but gtk gui for iptables, and in portage.

http://gtk-iptables.sourceforge.net/links.html

You also may want to look into shorewall, it's easier to manage than iptables (though I prefer straight up iptables now). I believe there is a webmin module which would give you web access to manage your firewall. Both webmin and shorewall are in portage. You may need to google to pickup the webmin module piece to tie them together.

Hope this helps
hanji

pivertd · Posted: Sun Dec 12, 2004 11:32 pm Post subject:

Hi !

Iptables is not so complicated, you should see some samples.
If you want a GUI, you should have a look to :
http://kmyfirewall.sourceforge.net/
http://www.simonzone.com/software/guarddog/
http://kde-apps.org/content/show.php?content=14791

If you want to try theses gui, the "Firewall Builder" is I think the first to try...

Personally, I no more use iptables because I use complex configurations that would make an iptables script difficult to maintain... So I use shorewall. This is not a gui, this is based on multiple text files that you can edit.

Shorewall is to my eyes the most powerful firewall configuration tool.

wbsmith89 · n00b Joined: 21 Mar 2004 Posts: 27

Thanks, I'm looking into shorewall right now..

As for GUIs I can't really use one as my server doesn't have x installed and I'd rather access it remotely.

Also, should I be using PPPoE to log into my sbc account for dsl?

zeky · Posted: Fri Dec 17, 2004 9:48 am Post subject:

you can use Webmin. It has a deacent web interface for configuring iptables.
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Ateo · Posted: Fri Dec 17, 2004 7:05 pm Post subject: