dryliketoast / pfirewall

iptables python wrapper for easy firewall configuration on linux

pfirewall

iptables python wrapper for easy firewall configuration on linux

Setup

• Create the folder mkdir /root/firewall/
• Copy/Extract the scripts and config files to that folder
• Customise the configuration files
• Make sure the firewall.python script is executable
• Run the firewall.python script

Load script on boot

To load the firewall before the network interface starts on debian/ubuntu, add this to your network block in the file /etc/network/interfaces

pre-up /root/firewall/firewall.python

Example

# The primary network interface
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet static
        address x.x.x.x
        netmask 255.255.255.0
        gateway x.x.x.x
        dns-nameservers 8.8.8.8 8.8.4.4
        pre-up /root/firewall/firewall.python