On Sunday, August 29, 2010 05:10:38 pm Jim Kielman wrote: > There is a tool for setting firewall rules installed by default called > ufw, for those that need a graphical tool to set firewall rules, it's > just as easy to install gufw, as it is to install firestarter. > > The biggest problem is one of education, most users assume that > firestarter is the the firewall, when in fact it is iptables/netfilter. > > > I'm still learning how to use mailing lists, I created a message last > night that only got sent to the the person I replied to, so here goes > again. > > I'm one of the moderators on the forum, and we are constantly trying to > educate the membership of the dangers of running applications as root. > Firestarter needs to be run as root. > > This wouldn't be a problem if users ran the program the way it is > supposed to be run, start it, set the firewall rules, then shut it down. > Many users start it up when they log in, and leave it run all day,as it > monitors the firewall and shows blocked connection. Many also assume > that if firestarter is shutdown they no longer are protected by a firewall. > > With the included tool for setting the firewall all you have to do is > enable the default rule set and it's done. The default rule set blocks > almost everything, and in Windows terms makes the users system seemed > to be stealthed. All you need is one simple command: > > sudo ufw enable > > And your done. If the defult rules aren't good enough, you can use gufw > for adding additional rules.
All good arguments for why firestarter isn't something to ship in the default install, but not a reason to remove it from the archive. Scott K -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
