Re: [pmfirewall] PmFirewall should be continued

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From: Robert Krueger (rlk01@frontiernet.net)
Date: Tue Mar 06 2001 - 14:09:46 PST

Geoffrey Sadler wrote:
>
> #1 Active development is still going on. Currently they are work on an ip
> tables replacemet for pmfirewall. So development has not stopped.

  I assume "they" means RH?
>
> #2 No way shape or form is pmfirewal able to be ported to windows. Windows
> lacks any kernel level security. Hence the reason it is so shoddy. Windows
> delegate those functions out to layers.

   I wondered why Win Firewalls don't use IPChains. Now I know.
>
> #3 Gui would be nice. But no need for it. I would sacrifice "pretty
> pictures" for smooth running and stable code anyday. Pmfirewall does
> everything it is supposd to do and more. :-)

Alan Murrel's comment makes sense, but if you're running X-Windows
anyway, I don't think a GUI would do anything but make it more
"user-friendly". (A GUI, in the sense of creation and editing only.)

Thanks for the reply,
Robert
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