[Shorewall-users] One Person ..

[Francesca C S. <sys...@la...>]

Hey,

Shorewall to me is the work of one dedicated person (And a few of us who
give our experiences to improve the product) .. Trust me .. You can buy a
firewall (20k or more with no support ) ... or spend the time to understand
IpTables ... I choose the latter .. Shorewall to me is a way of
understanding and learning IPTables etc .. I could of course ask for more
features (GUI, Wizards, IPTables imprinted in my brain etc) ... but how is
that gonna help me understand what's going on ??? How is that gonna help me
explain to my partners attacks on my network. I would rather speak from a
point of really knowing what's going on with attacks than think that with my
GUI, Wizards or etc that I am safe .. I would rather not say the sky is
falling when its not .. I would rather only deal with real attacks .. I (And
This is me) would rather know from truly knowing what's going on than find a
way to make it pretty or easy .. Tom .. Thank you for taking away some of
the onerous writing of rules .. Thank you for putting it all in one Package
.. And Most Importantly .. Thank you for never ever letting it get too easy
... Nothing good or right is easy folks ..

Two Or Three Cents Worth,

Francesca C Smith
Lady Linux Internet Services