Anthony Brock wrote:

I've been monitoring discussions around the SuSE Firewall2 for some time. As a recent convert from RH 8, I've been confused from "day one" concerning how to configure this particular component. This is even after I've ready through the configuration file several times.

To be honest, I'm not even certain how I could bypass this to explicitly specify the IP table rules. However, discussions on this list (and notes within the configuration file) indicate that this and many other options are available. Is there a general "HOWTO" or guide concerning this tool? Even better, is there a cookbook or FAQ?

Thanks!

Tony

Why mess with susefirewall2? Whats the benefit? I just modify /etc/iptables.conf directly and run /etc/init.d/iptables restart. mine looks like this: root@backup-db:~/mytop-1.4 # cat /etc/iptables.conf # Generated by iptables-save v1.2.7a on Tue Oct 8 18:00:46 2002 *filter :INPUT DROP [16844:3702154] :FORWARD DROP [0:0] :OUTPUT ACCEPT [304277:43605272] -A INPUT -m state --state RELATED,ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT -A INPUT -p tcp -m tcp --dport 22 -j ACCEPT -A INPUT -i lo -j ACCEPT -A INPUT -s x.x.x.0/255.255.254.0 -j ACCEPT -A INPUT -s X.X.X.0/255.255.254.0 -j ACCEPT -A INPUT -s 192.168.0.0/255.255.255.0 -j ACCEPT COMMIT # Completed on Tue Oct 8 18:00:46 2002 root@backup-db:~/mytop-1.4 #

Is there a general "HOWTO" or guide concerning this tool?

This is the unofficial SuSE FAQ by Togan Muftuoglu. There is an extra FAQ on SuSEfirewall as well! Go to the downloadsection - you get it here: http://susefaq.sourceforge.net/ Philippe