On Friday 10 March 2006 11:25 am, Shriramana Sharma wrote:
I wonder how SUSE Firewall works.
Back in Windows, with ZoneAlarm, when I first install it, it asks me for permission and preconfigures my default browser and mail client to access the net. After that, every new application that tries to access the net or every incoming connection from the net, it asks me for permission.
But SUSE Firewall never asks me anything.
How do I know which applications it forbids and which it allows? How does it know which applications to forbid and which to allow?
I would much prefer a ZoneAlarm-like firewall that tells me what it is doing.
Please note that Linux had a firewall long before there was ever a Zone Alarm. Firewalls generally look at ports and ip addresses. I came across the following in LinuxQuestions.org. Constructing "ZoneAlarm for Linux"? In any case, there is a much different philosophy here. <http://www.linuxquestions.org/linux/blog/unSpawn/2006-02-02/Constructing_ZoneAlarm_for_Linux> -- Jerry Feldman <gaf@blu.org> Boston Linux and Unix user group http://www.blu.org PGP key id:C5061EA9 PGP Key fingerprint:053C 73EC 3AC1 5C44 3E14 9245 FB00 3ED5 C506 1EA9