Re: [webmin-l] Linux Firewall Module

[David B. <dw...@we...>]

"Fred Grayson" <fr...@fr...> wrote ..
> I am having a problem with this module on Red Hat 7.3, current, IPTables
> 1.2.8-8.72.3, with Webmin 
> 1.106. Maybe someone can help? Here's the story.
> 
> I go to the "Easy Firewall Generator for IPTables" sit at http://morizot.net/firewall/gen/
> and generate a 
> fairly straight forward script that just allows a few basic services. The
> configuration is:
> 
> Static Internet IP Address 
> Single System
> Allow Inbound Services (TCP 22, 25, 110, 113,80, 443, 10000)
> 
> After the script is generated I drop it into the system as /etc/rc.d/init.d/iptables
> and stop and start 
> iptables. The firewall behaves as expected.
> 
> Next I go into Webmin's Linux Firewall Module and do the few things needed
> in Module Config to get it to 
> see the script. The module gives me a very impressive view of all the rules,
> but if I want to make 
> changes, I can't save them. The Apply Configuration, Revert Configuration,
> and Active at Boot buttons 
> are absent.
> 
> I have read the help that comes with the module, and it says "If you already
> have a firewall on your 
> system that has been setup manually or from a script file, the module will
> offer to convert it to an IPtables 
> save file for you, and create a script to be run at boot time to activate
> the rules in the file." But I never get 
> this offer. The module obviously reads and understands the /etc/rc.d/init.d/iptables
> file - it looks great! 
> What am I missing here?
> 
> Can someone whip up a quickie firewall at the above site and maybe see
> why the Webmin module isn't 
> doing what I think it's supposed to?
> 
> Thanks for your time.
> 
> 
> 
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Hello Fred, this is not an answer to your question but an alternative in case the iptables firewall does not work for you. I have been using the Shorewall module on a public server running many services for about a year w/o any problems. Hope this helps, David.