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As the +</I>><i> > > repository will be needed on build nodes, it will have to be either +</I>><i> > > mirrored or mounted via nfs (readonly). If we use nfs, I think we should +</I>><i> > > first setup a firewall before installing the nfs server. A firewall +</I>><i> > > would also be useful to filter connections to the pgsql/mysql servers, +</I>><i> > > to the build nodes, etc ... +</I>><i> > > +</I>><i> > > I suggest using shorewall to manage the firewall configuration. Any +</I>><i> > > comment about this ? +</I>><i> > +</I>><i> > I saw you mostly wrote the shorewall, however, I don't like myself +</I>><i> > shroewall. Shorewall is nothing more than a set of scripts over iptables +</I>><i> > and I think it add a useless complexity over this last one. +</I>><i> > +</I>><i> > I widelly prefer to use directly iptables. I believe we are experienced +</I>><i> > enough to write iptables rules ourself. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> For me, using shorewall is much more simple than writting iptables +</I>><i> rules directly. I always forget iptables parameters, while shorewall +</I>><i> rules are very simple. I don't know if managing iptables rules in puppet +</I>><i> for different hosts would be as simple. +</I> +I also prefer iptables, but on the other hand, I can understand people +do not like it. I always found that firewall script lacked some form of +abstractions, and there is usually lots of cut and paste everywhere +( not to mention the use of bash ). + +So I would go for shorewall too. + +><i> > +</I>><i> > > +</I>><i> > > I plan to write a shorewall module in puppet, test it on jonund first, +</I>><i> > > without installing shorewall (only writting the config files), then +</I>><i> > > install shorewall on jonund, and if we didn't lose access to jonund +</I>><i> > > install it on other nodes. +</I>><i> > +</I>><i> > Playing with firewall on computer we can access only by network, woot ! +</I>><i> > +</I>><i> > I think access control can be done w/o using iptables. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Some programs provide access control, but not all, and it is often more +</I>><i> limited than what you can do with a firewall. It can also be more +</I>><i> vulnerable in case of security issue in one of the services. So I think +</I>><i> using a firewall might be better. Especially for build nodes where we +</I>><i> don't know exactly what services will be installed in the chroot and +</I>><i> maybe running during the builds. +</I> +We can have both. Ie firewall and access control. + +-- +Michael Scherer + +</PRE> + + + + + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="000521.html">[Mageia-sysadm] Installing firewall +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="000523.html">[Mageia-sysadm] Installing firewall +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#527">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#527">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#527">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#527">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + +<hr> +<a href="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-sysadm">More information about the Mageia-sysadm +mailing list</a><br> +</body></html> |