Linux Gets Dynamic Firewalls In Fedora 15

Posted by Soulskill on Saturday May 21, 2011 @09:56AM from the changing-on-the-fly dept.

darthcamaro writes "Linux users have long relied on iptables for in-distro firewall setup. The upcoming Fedora 15 release changes that and introduces us to new dynamic firewall technology. 'Most Linux systems use IP tables type firewalls and the problem is that if you want to make a change to the firewall, it's hard to modify on the fly without reloading the entire firewall,' Fedora Project Leader Jared Smith said. 'Fedora 15 is really the first mainstream operating system to have a dynamic firewall where you can add or change rules and keep the firewall up and responding while you're making changes.'"

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Re:Seriously? by node+3 · 2011-05-21 10:16 · Score: 1, Offtopic

If you ever want the masses to take up Linux, then yes, this is exactly the sort of thing you have to fix. Why should someone even have to know such commands in the first place?
And I don't understand your reasoning anyway. Just because something isn't terribly difficult (once you know what to type), that doesn't mean it's not good to make things even easier. But somehow, whenever anyone tries (GNOME, Ubuntu), they get pilloried.