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.
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.
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.