On Thu, 13 Jan 2005, Mohamed Nassih wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> is there any tool for testing a firewall with iptable and have a
> report with statistics to analyse the performence(...intrusion detection
> ...).
first, iptables does not really do the part of 'intrusion detection'
that's a totally dfferent tool in most cases, though some other vendors
will sell an applicane that does both firewalling and IDS.
> if this tool exist. is it easy to use and to install..
>
It sounds like you are perhaps kinda new to this game. There are many
tools that can be used in various ways to test the rules you have placed
on a firewall, and you can use the results of those tools to build a a
report of such testing, nmap, hping2, firewalker, snort, those are free
ones, as well as perhaps something that might be more up your allety,
nessus, though I think I heard something about nessus no longer being a
freebie due to vendors abusing the license and making money off of it
recently. A google search for firewall testing tools or firewall analysis
tools might guide you, after a bit of FAQ reading.
Thanks,
Ron DuFresne
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