I would hope that the folks at SuSE will read this article, and then produce THE "super" GUI based EASILY understood tool that is VERY much needed!! Fred ____________ A Comparison of iptables Automation Tools Over the past several years, the use of Linux as a firewall platform has grown significantly. Linux firewalling code has come a long way since the time ipfwadm was introduced in kernel 1.2. This discussion will look at IP firewalling code in Linux kernel and its configuration via various interfaces such as GUIs or scripts (written in shell scripting language, Perl or special configuration language). Specifically, this article will offer a brief overview of the means of configuring iptables, and will offer a brief review of some tools that have been developed to automate the configuration of iptables. http://www.securityfocus.com/focus/linux/articles/iptables.html -- -- ----/ / _ Fred A. Miller ---/ / (_)__ __ ____ __ Systems Administrator --/ /__/ / _ \/ // /\ \/ / Cornell Univ. Press Services -/____/_/_//_/\_,_/ /_/\_\ fm@cupserv.org