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Linux Firewall?
07-09-2009 2:56 PM
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i have got my linux working really well and ive totally shrunk my xp now,enjoying the freedom of no antivrus and having to not clean registry etc to try keep it clean and healthy.
However i do want a bit of protection for the browser so i added NO SCRIPT as that was suggested to me,now i also have newly put on the firestarter too and it says its running,when i click my connection on the bottom screen at the desktop it says my connection as NON SECURE?is this something to be concerned about?also is anyone here using firestarter?do i need to configure it in any way or is that it doing its job?thanks for the replies in advance,much appreciated
Re: Linux Firewall?
07-09-2009 3:04 PM
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I have no script & adblock plus running on firefox and that stops most of the malware that trys to attack. Alot of it targets IE & M$ anyway so FF is immune to those attacks by default.
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07-09-2009 3:07 PM
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Re: Linux Firewall?
07-09-2009 3:11 PM
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BTW this is sent using a 3 3G Broadband dongle, which is effectively a modem and I am not using any firewall on my EEEUbuntu installation on my EEE 702.
Re: Linux Firewall?
07-09-2009 3:28 PM
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Re: Linux Firewall?
07-09-2009 3:30 PM
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Superusers are not staff, but they do have a direct line of communication into the business in order to raise issues, concerns and feedback from the community.
Re: Linux Firewall?
07-09-2009 3:49 PM
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Turned on ufw (it was installed just not enabled) and now it shows as stealthed.
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07-09-2009 3:54 PM
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Re: Linux Firewall?
07-09-2009 4:03 PM
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It's no trouble to set it up and it has no effect on the system resources (AFAIK) so it's a no-brainer really. Also, when I read up how to initiate it in Ubuntu help it was under 'Keep Your Computer Safe' so I took that as Linux approval.
I haven't gone into the fine details of it in respect of configuration so would be interested to know if there is anything I should do other than leave it in its default state - it is obviously doing its job. Shields Up! was all OK.
*Just checked in Help and it says UFW is for more advanced users. I looked at it briefly - seems a bit complicated. Might it be best to stick to Firestarter for time being?
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07-09-2009 4:49 PM
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07-09-2009 5:38 PM
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Quote *Just checked in Help and it says UFW is for more advanced users. I looked at it briefly - seems a bit complicated. Might it be best to stick to Firestarter for time being?
@poppy, if you're happy with Firestarter then stick with it. Both ufw(& its gui, gufw) and Firestarter are front ends to configure 'iptables' which is the built-in network filtering engine in Linux.
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Re: Linux Firewall?
07-09-2009 6:47 PM
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AFAIK Firestarter only scans for Windows viruses?
"In The Beginning Was The Word, And The Word Was Aardvark."
Re: Linux Firewall?
07-09-2009 7:04 PM
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and from the help page for firestarter it doesn't appear to do any virus scanning, you would need at least clam-av to do that.
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07-09-2009 11:03 PM
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08-09-2009 9:33 AM
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