I did end up going with Firestarter, but I am having trouble configuring it. I don't understand any of the preference selections, and it has made it so I am unable to connect with the other computer in my house. If I want to get docs off the other machine I have to disable Firestarter, and retrieve the docs and re-start Firestarter. I have never had this trouble with my Windows based firewalls.
Bruce On 5/7/07, Munro, LG, Mr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi Bruce Glad you didn't loose your O/S with the smoothwall experiment. Your selection of a firewall will depend on your needs and skill level. If you require a site firewall, linking various sites with VPN etc, smoothwall or IPcop on a dedicated machine will be your answer. However, by the sound of it you only require something for the edubuntu box. For the sake of simplicity I would recommend firestarter. You can do everything in a nice GUI which is human understandable. It modifies your iptables to your basic needs. You can find it in Synaptic or do: * * *sudo apt-get install firestarter* Once installed, you should find it under the INTERNET sub menu with Firefox and the rest. Many linux experts will advise you to use shorewall (scripts) or get a good manual on iptables, but I believe for your needs on a private network, Firestarter is the answer. Anything else, consider a more complicated setup as mentioned. Regards, Laurence *From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *On Behalf Of *Bruce Anderson *Sent:* 04 May 2007 08:26 PM *To:* edubuntu-users *Subject:* Looking for a Firewall I just tried installing a firewall to my new system. I had downloaded Smoothwall 2.0, when I tried to install it nothing happened (thankfully). I discovered and read the installation instructions and found out that it would have wiped my whole system. Now, I have 2 questions, how do you install stuff on a Linux machine? and can anyone reccomend a good firewall, as I'm a bit gunshy now after the smoothwall incident. Bruce No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.467 / Virus Database: 269.6.2/785 - Release Date: 2007/05/02 02:16 PM No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.467 / Virus Database: 269.6.2/785 - Release Date: 2007/05/02 02:16 PM
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