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List:       opensuse
Subject:    Re: [opensuse] Interactive Firewall Needed
From:       James Knott <james.knott () rogers ! com>
Date:       2009-05-03 15:33:47
Message-ID: 49FDB95B.2030708 () rogers ! com
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Prasun Dhara wrote:
> Hi,
> In Suse we have a great tool like YAST to configure firewall but the
> desktop users faces a problem when they try to run some program which request
> to open a port are silently dropped by the firewall.. and they need to see the log \
> and then open the port manually and the execute the program again... i believe
> there should be an interactive tool which will handle this situation.. 
> 
> For Example :If user executes a program(say xyz) which needs a open
> port, firewall should prompt the user that xyz program wants to open
> this port and ask for a approval (say user needs to enter super user
> password) and firewall will automatically allow the request and open
> the required port.
> 
> So, if anybody knows about any interactive firewall which can be used in Suse or \
> OpenSuse.. Please post here. 
> Thanks
> Prasun
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
Are you sure you want users to modify the firewall?  That would create a
huge security hole.  Is there not some other method of doing what you want?


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