On Tue, 2010-08-31 at 17:21 +0200, Krzysztof Klimonda wrote: > On Tue, 2010-08-31 at 07:59 -0700, George Farris wrote: > > > > Gufw is in no way suitable for a new user. They have no idea what > > iptables are or rules for that matter. > > > > George > > What is the actual use case for a simple and graphical firewall? Why do > people who have no idea what iptables or rules are should have to use > firewall at all? > > Cheers, > KK
Well I'm thinking for many, many users they aren't aware of what TCP is or rules or how the entire thing functions. We probably need some sort of assistant that will set the rules up into known secure states and then offer the user an easy way to add incoming or out going connections without the language barrier. Gufw is close but needs better new user support. For example the list of Programs in the Pre-configured section should maybe include such things as remote desktop, file sharing, media sharing. These are things users will want to do. Also with extended view on it shows one the row number of the rule but what does that mean? Who would know that it is the priority of the rule, hovering the mouse over it says, "Insert the rule in the specified row". In "Simple rules" there is no explanation of what TCP or UDP or BOTH is and why one would want that. Possible a quick pointer to some documentation would help in the tooltip or something similar. Those are the first things that come to mind. Cheers George -- 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
