Re: [tlug-admin] Re: [tlug] iptables - Tools for easy configuration

["Keith Bawden" <keith@example.com>]

> > I think we have completely different points of view. Anyway the
> > important think is that it works at the end.
>
> Agreed. So I propose the following for the upcoming meeting:
>
> Point / Counterpoint - Secure Firewalls; Raw iptables or a GUI Tool?
>
> Josh Glover and Pietro Zuco square off to present two sides of an
> important security issue. Mr. Glover holds that using a tool to ease
> the tedium of baseline rule generation is valuable and more secure,
> whereas Mr. Zuco feels that using a tool robs the admin of knowledge
> and results in a less secure firewall.
>
> Format: 2.5 minutes for the point, 2.5 for the counterpoint, 5 minutes
> for follow-on questions / discussion with the peanut gallery. A coin
> flip will decide who goes first.

You will have to do this in Esperanto or Klingon.

Regards, Keith