Firestarter 0.9.3 Firewall [Linux]

[dszady]

http://firestarter.sourceforge.net/

Firestarter in a Nutshell:
Firestarter is a free firewall tool for Linux machines. Whether you simply
want to protect your personal workstation or you have a network of
computers to secure, Firestarter is here to make your life easier. While a
firewall can not guarantee security, it is the first line of defence
against network based attacks.
Key Features:

* Easy to use wizard customizes firewall to your needs.
* Real-time firewall hit monitor shows intrusion attempts.
* Open and close ports, shaping your firewalling with a few mouse clicks.
* Set up NAT or port forwarding for your home or company LAN.
* User friendly graphical interface for GNOME 2. Works in KDE too.
* Translated into over 35 languages.
* Advanced kernel tuning features.
* Supports Linux kernel versions 2.6 and 2.4.
Package Version
Fedora Core 1 and 2, Red Hat 9 and 8 0.9.3
Mandrake 0.9.2-6
Debian 0.9.2-4
Gentoo 0.9.2-r1
Slackware 0.9.2
Source RPM 0.9.3
Source Tarball 0.9.3
MD5 package checksums 0.9.3

 

[Gordon Darling]

http://firestarter.sourceforge.net/

Firestarter in a Nutshell:
Firestarter is a free firewall tool for Linux machines. Whether you simply
want to protect your personal workstation or you have a network of
computers to secure, Firestarter is here to make your life easier. While a
firewall can not guarantee security, it is the first line of defence
against network based attacks.

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For those starting to use linux getting your head round a protocol based
firewall (like iptables) as opposed to Windows style application based
firewall (like Zone Alarm) can be daunting.

Firestarter is a great front end to iptables as dszady suggested. Another
one worth looking at is guarddog at
http://www.simonzone.com/software/guarddog/

Regards
Gordon

 

[dszady]

On Tue, 04 May 2004 07:37:55 -0400, dszady wrote: [...]
For those starting to use linux getting your head round a protocol based
firewall (like iptables) as opposed to Windows style application based
firewall (like Zone Alarm) can be daunting.

Firestarter is a great front end to iptables as dszady suggested. Another
one worth looking at is guarddog at
http://www.simonzone.com/software/guarddog/

Thanks Gordan. I d/l guarddog but it has too many dependancies for me
right now. I had to take a step back to Firestarter 9.2. The new one was a
little crashy.