Are there any other options for a firewall gui for opensuse where you can see exactly what is going on with the firewall? I am finding the yast firewall gui in opensuse 11.4 to be extremely limited. I am not proficient in ip tables so looking for something that would give better control over the firewall rules for a beginner.
Thanks
your question seems to be two folded:
- configuring firewalling rules
- monitoring network activity
for firewalling
try FireStarter at Firestarter . it works on Suse and is quite easy and visual.
for monitoring
on console you can install and try
iftop
netstat -atpn
netstat -aupn
lsof -i -n
and for accounting purposes, you can install
ippac (or ippac-ng)