GUI for ip tables?

[plur]

Sorry if this has been asked before, just wondering if there is a front end for iptables much like you would have on a hardware type gateway/firewall.
Thanks.

[bobcrotch]

http://firestarter.sourceforge.net is pretty nifty, the only thing i don't like about it is that you can't really edit your existing config. It basicly rewrites your iptables per your configuration with the program. It's also a pretty basic program i use it at home but thats probably it's best use.

[plur]

Ah right, thanks.
I was hoping more for something which I could edit the existing config here and there, tweak things up etc :)

[nonsequitur]

try looking up shorewall.

i used that for my gentoo routerbox and it was pretty painless. the shorewall site has a good tutorial, and it uses four or five config files to set up the iptables set-up.

[ameoba]

GUI control panels & hand-written files are generally a bad combination, especially when the allowable syntax is relatively flexible.