Re: Shorewall vs. Iptables

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On Thu, 2004-02-12 at 16:56, Tom Eastep wrote:

> My opinion is far from unbiased but here goes. Shorewall is a high-level tool 
> for configuring netfilter. It uses the iptables utility to do so. As a 
> result, it cannot offer any more protection than the iptables utility used 
> alone can provide.
> 
Correct me if I am wrong but Shorewall only works properly on a
dedicated box. In other words, if you are running netfilter on the same
machine as a server then Shorewall doesn't work properly.

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