Hi, On 06.07.2015 09:36, Timo Jyrinki wrote: > Moro JP, > > On Mon, Jul 6, 2015 at 9:51 AM, Juhapekka Piiroinen > <juhapekka.piiroi...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Topic 1/2: Feature request for settings >> I was wondering if someone could add a switch for the ufw >> enable/disable to the settings? As now the default iptables rules are >> to allow all traffic. And only way to enable the firewall is to 'sudo >> ufw enable' from terminal. >> >> Topic 2/2: Volunteering to write a Firewall App >> - I was also thinking that I could volunteer to implement a firewall >> UI for the ufw, but for that I would need some help on how to setuid >> to root from c++/qml app? > > This might be in the geeky / needs special rights territory to that > extent that it might need to go to the TweakGeek app, or Open App > Store in general? Michael, could tweakgeek be made into a normal LP > project (now at https://code.launchpad.net/~mzanetti/+junk/tweakgeek) > to accept MP:s?
Done. There's lp:tweakgeek now. I was already considering adding some simple means for starting/stopping ufw from there. Speaking of a fully fledged firewall thing, I would say that deserves its own app. > > That way the feature would be not exposed to ordinary users that might > not understand consequences. > > The way to include something like it in Ubuntu by default would be to > design some new security feature that includes that and probably other > security features in something that would make sense for the design > team to design. There'd need to be a normal user use case, the ability > to explain the feature to users, etc, all of which seem to me a lot > bigger topics than just "enable firewall yes/no". > > Alternatively, ubuntu-system-settings could include proper external > plugin support, I'm not sure if something like that is in plans? Or > maybe it's already doable, but again it'd need to go through > non-official store since normal click packages wouldn't be allowed to > add those plugins to u-s-s? > > -Timo >
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