Guarddog

[Simon Edwards]

Derek Broughton wrote:
> O. Sinclair wrote:
>> Now you had me curious - as a matter of fact I have been using a local
>> smtp server myself. The problem is quite simply that Guarddog has not
>> defined the TLS "protocol" under Mail. This means trying to use the
>> smtp.gmail.com with TLS and port 587 does not work as Guarddog does not
>> allow anything unless you tell it to.
>>
> This is why I eventually gave up Guarddog.  I used it for years, but the
> supported protocols never increased noticeably, and I ended up with a more
> and more unwieldy set of advanced rules.  By that point, I might as well
> have been writing my own iptables rules.

If you have a long list of user defined protocols for common protocols, 
then send the list on to the author to have them included as standard.

cheers,

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Simon Edwards             | KDE-NL, Guidance tools, Guarddog Firewall
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