[plug] IPTables/Firewall GUI settings

[craig at postnewspapers.com.au]

> My home box/gateway is running Debian Woody, and is using pretty much the 
> default iptables stuff. Are there any tools to make maintaining a more 
> secure system easier, as far as firewall admin go?

apt-get install fwbuilder

Its a gui-based tool that allows firewall construction w/o worrying
about the syntatic details of the target host. The output isn't the
friendliest to read, but it works very well.

You still write the rules, but at a somewhat higher level.

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