- To: Grant Parnell <parngr@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Subject: Re: [SLUG] web based firewall config tool wanted
- From: Adrian Chadd <adrian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2009 14:02:50 +0800
- Cc: slug@xxxxxxxxxxx
- User-agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11)
So why not talk tot hem about what would be required, versus trying
to craft a whole management ui? :)
On Wed, Sep 23, 2009, Grant Parnell wrote:
> They don't have an openvpn client setup as far as I can tell. That is
> pfsense and m0n0wall (monowall). Otherwise excellent choice.
>
> Adrian Chadd wrote:
> > Uhm, m0n0wall and its decendants?
> >
> > On Wed, Sep 23, 2009, Grant Parnell wrote:
> >
> >> I'm finding it difficult to believe there's no simple web based firewall
> >> configuration tool. I'm going to be running a cut-down Ubuntu-Hardy off
> >> compact flash (read-only root filesystem) with mini-httpd and wish to be
> >> able to configure either shorewall or ufw or even iptables directly with
> >> a web browser. I can add in the bit that does the OpenVPN client config.
> >>
> >> I guess for round one it'll be non-customer configurable and I'll just
> >> login with SSH and use ufw.
> >>
> >> I have looked at Fwbuilder and am tempted to go with that. It would
> >> essentially push out the configs via SSH and execute them... assuming
> >> the unit is reachable.
> >>
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