If someone needs to user iptables and is not a Linux expert, I suggest
using the Shorewall firewall (http://www.shorewall.net/). Even though
it is does not have a GUI interface, it is by far the easiest firewall
configuration tool I have ever used (including some with GUIs).

The site has a "Quotes from users section" that reflects that my
opinion of it is shared by others.

Bernard

--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, "Mick Arundell" <mikca@b...>
wrote:

> IPTables will give you sufficent control.
> I suggest that you create a separate rule table to manage db access
> fill it from a script
>
> mick