On 9/27/2010 2:12 PM, Divan Santana wrote:

Hi All,

I was just wondering, does no one miss the lack of a shorewall package in a opensuse repo?

I can install shorewall but getting the rpm from shorewall.net but ideally it would be great to have it packaged in a opensuse repo.

I'm surprised because it is the default firewall on mandriva(and works really well there), and IMHO I find it to be a great firewall program, and better than the default opensuse firewall.

I'm interested in other peoples thoughts on this matter?

Perhaps(likely) I should log a feature request at https://features.opensuse.org ...

PS. Loving opensuse 11.3 after using kubuntu for years, mandriva and other distros...

I've always preferred shorewall. Its so much easier to configure and understand, and and so much better documented than what I've seen elsewhere. I use the suse firewall in my laptop, but for the servers I use shorewall because the the ease of configuration in a standardized way without having to know the obtuse and murky iptables syntax. Its a great tool. Because shorewall is mostly text files, there is really nothing running of shorewall after it fires up iptables. So the installation would probably be no easier if it were packaged by suse, and it would probably be backlevel most of the time. I've used Tom's RPMs with no problem for years. -- _____________________________________ At one time I had a Real Sig. Its been downsized. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org