Linux Guru's (Front end for Iptables recomendations)

[z1gg33]

Just asking,

as I am starting to think that I will need to write the rules (too suit me). Not knowing to much, was hoping somebody might suggest a good front end to use to create rules.

I have had a look at a few, including bash scripts. but perhaps there might be a tried and tested solution.

I don't mind using the console, but for rapid testing was hoping for a bit of a point and click.

what have you guys used?

I have much to learn on this subject.

[cwispy]

Two good console firewall packages which generate the rules for you which I use are firehol and shorewall

[z1gg33]

thanks cwispy, I did have a look at firehol...

[autotuner]

Interesting, thanks for the read guys.
I have used a few over time.....found I allways checked the results anyway instead of trusting the gui... so allways end up going back to plain manual editing. Maybe I am showing my age but I like to see what is really there.

I'll have a squiz at what cwispy recommends...

[z1gg33]

Stumbled across this...

"Firewall Builder helps you write and manage configuration for your firewalls. It writes iptables commands, pf.conf file, Cisco router access lists or PIX configuration for you. You can then copy and paste configuration generated by Firewall Builder, copy the file manually or using your own scripts, or use built-in function to configure the firewall. Firewall Builder provides change control and search functions. It allows you to reuse the same address and service objects in rules of many firewalls. It simplifies coordinated changes of the rules in multi-vendor environments and helps avoid errors in generated configurations. "



(leaving it for the experts to judge)