Re: [cobalt-users] IP Firewall on qube2 - Has ANYONE gotten it to

[Mike Vanecek <Clist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Did they tell you when it might be fixed? I too have been trying to figure
out exactly how it works. If you find out that it is fixed would you please
post a message here telling us all?

Thanks.

On Tue, 15 Feb 2000 17:00:51 -0800, Jeff Davis <jdavis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

:>I spoke with Cobalt support this morning, and there is apparently a 
:>problem with the wizard, which they are working on.
:>
:>I'm not opposed to using ipfwadm directly, but since such things are 
:>not supported, I'm a little reluctant to do so.  I hope they also 
:>update the kernel soon to be able to use ipchains instead.
:>
:>>I have also experienced frustration in understanding the wizard. I 
:>>wonder if its just easier to directly use ipfwadm. At any rate it 
:>>would be very nice if Cobalt could provide a little more explanation 
:>>as to how the wizard works and provide examples or default 
:>>configurations. Otherwise you will just have to figure it out 
:>>on your own. The best way to do this is after you enter and 
:>>enable the wizard's rules use ipfwadm to see what actually gets 
:>>generated. For example, ipfwadm -F -l will show all the forward 
:>>rules. You can also find a few firewall documents on the internet 
:>>that are quite helpful.
:>

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