Hello,To all

First hope all are doing fine now what do you
guy's think of the suse firewall is it any good
of should i just go with say iptables snort & so on

Thank you

SuSEFirewall2 is actually just a frontend for configuring iptables, so you'd still be running iptables/netfilter. Personally I'm not a fan of big firewall scripts with a million different user-defined chains and prefer more efficient firewall rulesets. That being said, I haven't seen anything to suggest that SuSEFirewall2 is any more or less secure than other firewall tools. You might want to take a look at Firestarter which has a pretty user-friendly interface that most people new to security/firewalling seem more comfortable using. For more complex firewalling schemes you'll likely need to write your own as these tools are designed for more basic setups.

Snort is an Intrusion Detection System (IDS) rather than a firewall, so you can use it in combination with any firewall tool you like.

Hey,Capt_Caveman

As always a big thanks for your help
i went & installed firestarter funny how
it would not install on suse9.0

well i'm off to play with this new tool
have a great day

oh by the way is there some way that
i can send your forum here some money
to help out

Thank you

If you click on the "Thanks" button at the bottom of one of my posts, you should be able to make a donation to LQ along with other charitable foundations (I think EFF and American Cancer Society). Glad I could help you out.

Hey,Capt_Caveman

Hmmm now this is odd i can see ton's of
buttons all over but i don't see a Thanks
any where but it just may be this rock head

Thank you

That's odd. Should be at the bottom of my post, between the data/time and edit/quotebuttons. Going from right to left, there should be buttons for "Reviews", "HCL" and then "Thanks". No?

Hi,Capt_Caveman

Well i can see the edit/quotebuttons
but no data/time or thanks

don't no what is up with me

if you know of some other way
just let me know

& yes i can see "Reviews", "HCL"

Thank you

Strange, I'll ask Jeremy what's going on...

Alternatively, you can also help out LQ by becoming a "Contributing Member" which allows you to do things like turn off ads, use the google search, and send PMs. All goes to a good cause either way. Thanks for the feedback, I definitely appreciate it.

Hi,

How do i become a "Contributing Member"
if you please

Thank you

There's info on it here:
http://www.linuxquestions.org/member/

Could you also send a screenshot of your browser window open to this thread? Jeremy is trying to diagnose the problem, but unfortunately all of us can see the "Thanks" button which doesn't help.

In case you aren't familiar with taking a screenshot:
If your using KDE, there should be an application in in the menu called kSnapshot or some other screenshot tool usually under the Graphics or Accessories tab. You can send the snapshot to me at: capt_caveman ~at~ linuxquestions ~dot~ net
Thanks.

Hello,Capt_Caveman

Sorry for not gething back to you on this
i have been going at it with a bad Cold for
day's. now i will jump on this as soon as
i can, have a great one thanks for all the help

Thank you