On Sat, 8 Jul 2006 12:20:20 +1000 Metrics <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, Jul 08, 2006 at 11:33:44AM +1000, Sonia Hamilton wrote: > > * On Fri, Jul 07, 2006 at 04:19:21PM +0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > 1) How to setup a firewall in ubuntu? It seems suitable iptables > > > settings do work but that's awefully primitive. This article did > > > not help http://www.linux.com/article.pl?sid=06/06/26/1556259 (no > > > lokkit or guarddog can be found by apt-get) > > > > I use shorewall [1], basically a perl wrapper on iptables. Easy to > > config with a collection of files in /etc/shorewall, and very > > flexible - from a single laptop to a large network. > > > > [1] http://www.shorewall.net > > > > If you want something simple, firehol is pretty good. Debian (and > therefore probably Ubuntu) has a bunch of example config files that > are really easy to use. The advantage to say shorewall (although > things may have changed) is that with fussy protocols like SMB, you > just enable it and it works, where as I found with shorewall that you > needed to worry about traffic directions and such. It also lets you > do NATting and stuff extremely simply. > > And that's my 5 cents.
Yes, same with Firestarter. I used Shorewall for quite some time on a Linux router. It is good, but something like Firestarter is (I think) the way to go for a simple Ubuntu setup. Doesn't do as much as Shorewall, but it is dead simple to set up and run a simple desktop protection firewall. My 5 cents. Alan > > Byron > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html > -- Alan L Tyree http://www2.austlii.edu.au/~alan Tel: +61 2 4782 2670 Mobile: +61 427 486 206 Fax: +61 2 4782 7092 FWD: 615662 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
