[Tfug] Lokkit for a firewall configuration tool

[Glen Pfeiffer]

I had a need to very quickly setup a firewall for a cable modem 
user. Their needs are to browse the web, and not get breached. 

I installed and configured gnome-lokkit which is a front end for 
lokkit. Does anyone have any bad experience with it? Will it do 
the trick?


# aptitude show lokkit
Package: lokkit
State: not installed
Version: 0.50.22-7.1
Priority: optional
Section: net
Maintainer: Chris Lawrence <lawrencc at debian.org>
Uncompressed Size: 811k
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.3.6-6), libnewt0.52, libpopt0 (>= 1.10), iptables
Recommends: gnome-lokkit
Suggests: ipmasq
Description: basic interactive firewall configuration tool 
 (console interface) Lokkit is an attempt to provide firewalling 
 for the average Linux end user. Instead of having to configure 
 firewall rules the Lokkit program asks a small number of simple 
 questions and writes a firewall rule set for you.

 Lokkit is not designed to configure arbitrary firewalls. To make 
 it simple to understand it is solely designed to handle typical 
 dialup user and cable modem setups. It is not the answer to a 
 complex firewall configuration, and it is not the equal of an  
 expert firewall designer.

 Note that this version of lokkit requires iptables (netfilter), 
 which is only available in Linux 2.4 and later.

 Home Page: http://www.linux.org.uk/apps/lokkit.shtml

Tags: admin::configuring, interface::text-mode, role::program, 
      scope::utility, security::firewall, special::not-yet-tagged, 
      special::not-yet-tagged::l


-- 
Glen