Re: iptables frontends?

From: Robert Nichols (SEE_SIGNATURE_at_localhost.localdomain.invalid)
Date: 08/26/05 

Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2005 00:36:45 +0000 (UTC)

In article <430df954$0$18644$14726298@news.sunsite.dk>,
Bryan Batten <me@here.invalid> wrote:
:jafar wrote:
:> On Wed, 24 Aug 2005 10:50:02 -0700, Keith Keller wrote:
:>
:>
:>> On 2005-08-24, jafar <nooo@nospam.com> wrote:
:>>
:>>> Does anyone know of an iptables frontend that is able to import
:>>> existing rules? I want to play around doing things in gui, but
:>>> don't want to redo my rather extensive firewall script again.
:>>
:>> Can't you just copy your existing firewall script as a backup?
:>> If you don't like your changes, copy the script back.
:>
:>
:> I could, but would rather have the frontend read in my existing
:> configuration for tweaking.
:>
:
:iptables-save - (modify saved stuff) - iptables-restore?

That was my first thought, too, but upon reflection it seems he's
looking for a GUI firewall builder that can be used to modify an
existing hand-crafted firewall configuration. I don't know of any,
and frankly I doubt that such a tool exists. OK, I've been surprised
before, but expecting a tool to analyze a "rather extensive firewall"
and map that into the primitives it uses in it's GUI is a tall order,
akin to asking a C-language SDK to import assembly language and
display it as meaningful C. 

-- 
Bob Nichols         AT comcast.net I am "rnichols42"

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