Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (4348 mails)

[John Pettigrew <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

In a previous message, Eddie wrote:

> > What do I have to do to enable the connection to be shared by her
> > machine when I an in SuSE
> What I have done with my machines at home is to run SuSE firewall2

If you can't figure out Firewall2 (or don't have it installed - IIRC it only
comes with the Pro version of SuSE), try Shorewall
(http://www.shorewall.net/). It's easier to set up and configure (IMO) and
has preconfigured setups for 2-interface computers. Read the config
instructions and you should only have to change a few lines in the config
files. I'm afraid that the linux tools for connection sharing do require
editing of config files - there's nothing as easy to set up as the Win
programs, but you do get *vastly* more secure systems out of it!

HTH,

John
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