iptables

[rub3x]

Can someone help me with a basic iptables script for a Desktop? I have MySql running but just for localhost to access and I have apache on port 81 to test my scripts.

[variant]

setting up iptables can be a bit challanging at first. If you dont want to do all the manual configuration there is a very nice iptables frontend called firestarter it has a nice very easy to use GUI and an init script which is called at boot time. you can emerge it like this:

emerge -av firestarter

then add it to the default runlevel like this:

rc-update add firestarter default

you can configure it when logged into X with the command:

firestarter

as root.

[rub3x]

Force rub3x # firestarter

(firestarter:18575): GnomeUI-WARNING **: While connecting to session manager:
Authentication Rejected, reason : None of the authentication protocols specified are supported and host-based authentication failed.
Force rub3x #


A proper configuration for Firestarter was not found. If you are running Firestarter from the directory you built it in, run 'make install-data-local' to install a configuration, or simply 'make install' to install the whole program.

Firestarter will now close.