[TuxFrw-devel] Re: Let's restart TuxFrw development!!!

[Jean J. G. <jj...@in...>]

Bonjour !

Yes, I am willing to help !

I am a software developer.  I have been developping software  for the pas=
t 15=20
years.   On my job, I now do more management and  software analysis than=20
software development. =20

I am willing to help with CLI.  I am willing to participate in perl, awk,=
 sed,=20
ruby (i never used it but this language seem promising), shell script  or=
 any=20
scripting language. =20

I don't think that a GUI is a good idea for a firewall since most machine=
 that=20
are running firewall do not have graphical interfaces.=20

I think that one of the strength of Tux Firewall is his simplicity.  Tux=20
firewall is elegant.  Most people that are using this type of firewall=20
already know about iptables (They should). For me Tux firewall is a frame=
work=20
that offers me a clear way to organize my iptables rules. =20

Most others firewalls i have seen so far try's to simplify firewall creat=
ion=20
and maintenance, wich is good.  But these firewalls are trying to hide th=
e=20
fact that the objectives is to make iptables or ipchains rules, by doing =
so,=20
they are building an architecture that is often more complex than the pro=
blem=20
they are trying to solve. =20

I think that, Tux firewall should help system administrator   with the=20
creation and maintenance of iptables rules, but in no way hide these rule=
s=20
from him.

There is already plenty GUI firewall. Some of them have very nice interfa=
ce.=20
(OpenWall)  I don't think, that Tux firewall should compete with these=20
firewalls.  They are design for fifferent market  (are they ?).

The strength of Tux firewall is that it is in perfect harmony with iptabl=
es. =20
It is design the way it should be. =20

How do you see the futur of Tux firewall ? =20

Can we make a list of the things that we would like to see in Tux firewal=
l ?  =20

Au revoir !

Jean Jacques Gervais