Hi, you can use fwbuilder and sudo... so a normal user can use tables or did i miss something? -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: netfilter-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:netfilter-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]Im Auftrag von Rakotomandimby Mihamina Gesendet: Samstag, 17. Januar 2004 21:32 An: netfilter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Betreff: Re: [despammed] Netfilter as an application. On Friday 16 January 2004 17:55, Andreas Kretschmer wrote: > > It would be a standard user program which > > a person with normal privelges could compile and run. > Very bad. Every can modify the rules. I think, you search 'Zonealarm for > Linux'. Iptables is already simple to use . there is also shorewall that can make the use easier ( for some ) Just think what would be the weird if any user can add the firewall rule on a box . Do you really think something will work ? > > What would it do? It could do the same things that > > netfilter does...i.e. filter packets/NAT etc. However > Why? I think you should contribute to netfilter's documentation and give some simple and explained rules examples , you'll see that iptables will be simple ti use ... :-) > > Does such a thing exist? > > I hope: no. the same to me . -- Rakotomandimby Mihamina Andrianifaharana Tel : +33 2 38 76 43 65 http://stko.dyndns.info/site_principal/Members/mihamina
