Public bug reported:
Security by default in ubuntu is not up to scratch at all, I understand
that iptables in the kernel does the job but it's not acceptable and
very basic for this day and age.
Please can we have Firestarter (frontend) installed by default or ICMP
filtering enabled in iptables and or Firestarter. Even Windows XP SP2
has better default firewall security than Ubuntu and the fact that a
cracker can ping your machine to get a response to say something is
there is not good. We should not make the mistake (like Windows) with
security defaults, just because we are low on the radar of crackers dont
mean we can step back, after all thats what SELinux are in the kernel
for.
** Affects: Ubuntu
Importance: Undecided
Status: Unconfirmed
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Poor security defaults
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/107616
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