[PLUG] firewall

[Bruce Kilpatrick]

Unfortunately, the link for the download for gnome-lokkit didn't work 
early this morning.  I tried to use your suggestion in the article.
What about firestarter?

Bruce

Carla Schroder wrote:

>On Monday 27 February 2006 23:19, Jason R. Martin wrote:
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>>> My recommendation for noobs, until they get the hang of iptables, is to
>>>use one of those little broadband routers from D-Link and Linksys and the
>>>like. You can find them for less than $50, and they do a good job for a
>>>home network. You're up and running, protected, and learning basic
>>>concepts. They're small and don't use much power. I like a standalone
>>>firewall/router because it stops the junk before it bogs down your LAN.
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>>That's all fine and dandy for n00bs who only have a system connected
>>to their home LAN, but doesn't solve the issue for n00bs who use their
>>system elsewhere, like a Wi-Fi hotspot, or campus LAN, or a friends
>>house who is even more clueless about network security.  Those people
>>need a host-based firewall, and need to be able to configure it in a
>>mostly basic way.  Iptables is too complicated in it's raw form, as
>>are some of the good firewall wrappers such as Shorewall.
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>And you would have read all about nice host-based firewall builders in the 
>link I posted. :) Lokkit (or gnome-lokkit for a nicer GUI) is probably the 
>simplest and easiest to use.
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